Gossypium barbadense merupakan tumbuhan berbentuk perdu dari famili Malvaceae (suku kapas-kapasan). Tumbuhan ini berasal dari bioma beriklim tropis kering dengan rentang sebaran mulai dari Kolombia hingga Peru. Dalam bahasa Inggris tumbuhan ini dikenal dengan sebutan creole cotton. Nama ilmiah Gossypium barbadense diperkenalkan oleh Carolus Linnaeus pada tahun 1753.
Gossypium acuminatum Roxb. ex G.Don Gossypium arboreum subsp. perenne (Blanco) Mauer Gossypium auritum O.F.Cook & J.W.Hubb. Gossypium barbadense var. acuminatum (Roxb. ex G.Don) Triana & Planch. Gossypium barbadense var. apospermum (Sprague) Roberty Gossypium barbadense var. brasiliense (Macfad.) Mauer Gossypium barbadense var. caravonicum (Roberty) Roberty Gossypium barbadense var. cayanense Roberty Gossypium barbadense var. integrum Griseb. Gossypium barbadense var. maritimum (Tod.) G.Watt Gossypium barbadense var. microcarpum (Tod.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense var. pedatum (G.Watt) Roberty Gossypium barbadense var. peruvianum (Cav.) Mauer Gossypium barbadense var. rufum Wittm. Gossypium barbadense var. vitifolium (Lam.) Triana & Planch. Gossypium barbadense subvar. vitifolium (Lam.) Wouters Gossypium barbadense subvar. peruvianum (Cav.) Triana & Planch. Gossypium barbadense f. casimiranum Roberty Gossypium barbadense f. eggersii Roberty Gossypium barbadense f. maritimum (Tod.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense f. suffruticosum (Bertol.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense f. vitifolium (Lam.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense subsp. microcarpum (Tod.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense subsp. peruvianum (Cav.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense subsp. racemosum (Poir.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense subsp. sprucei (Roberty) Roberty Gossypium barbadense subsp. vitifolium (Lam.) Roberty Gossypium barbadense subvar. maritimum (Tod.) Wouters Gossypium brasiliense var. apospermum Sprague
Nama Umum
Inggris:
creole cotton
Indonesia:
kapas peru
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Referensi
POWO (2024). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; https://powo.science.kew.org/."
IPNI (2024). "International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries, and Australian National Herbarium"
USDA - NRCS (2024). "United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service", Plant Profile.
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