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Upland Cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

Upland Cotton
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Overview

Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world. Globally, about 90% of all cotton production is of cultivars derived from this species. In the United States, the world's largest exporter of cotton, it constitutes approximately 95% of all cotton production. It is native from Mexico to Ecuador and northeast Brazil, the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Gossypium hirsutum — CC BY-SA 4.0