Gossypium darwinii G.Watt is a plant in the Malvaceae family, order Malvales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Gossypium darwinii G.Watt
Gossypium darwinii (Darwin's cotton) is a Galapagos-endemic cotton species closely related to the American Gossypium barbadense.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
Gossypium darwinii, commonly called Darwin's cotton, is a cotton plant species that occurs exclusively on the Galapagos Islands. Genetic studies show it is most closely related to the native American cotton species Gossypium barbadense. Based on this relationship, researchers hypothesize that an ancestral seed reached the Galapagos Islands from South America, carried either by wind, in bird droppings, or on debris floating by sea.
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Gossypium tomentosum Nutt. ex Seem.
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
Hibiscus denudatus Benth.
Kleinhovia hospita L.
Malva moschata L.
Ayenia euphrasiifolia Griseb.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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