Gossypieae

Gossypieae
Mexican Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Malvoideae
Tribe:	Gossypieae
Genera
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Gossypieae is a tribe of the Malvoideae subfamily of flowering plants. It includes the cotton (Gossypium) and related plants. It is distinguished from the Hibisceae tribe on the basis of embryo structure and its apparently unique possession of glands able to synthesize the pigment gossypol.

The following genera are recognised. The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) differs in additionally including the genus Alyogyne and excluding the genus Thepparatia.

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