Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gossypium darwinii
algodoncillo, algodón de Darwin, Darwin´s cotton
A messy shrub with hand-shaped leaves on reddish stems. The large yellow flowers with blood red spots in the centre are similar to a hibiscus and are present all year round. The fruits are covered in a cottony fluff.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Gossypium
Species
darwinii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Gossypium barbadense var. darwinii (G. Watt) J.B. Hutch. Fryxell (1992) as Gossypium barbadense ssp. darwinii (G. Watt) Mauer and Gossypium barbadense f. darwinii (G. Watt) Roberty
Taxon origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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