Gossypium darwinii

Gossypium darwinii, or Darwin's cotton, is a species of cotton plant which is found only on the Galapagos Islands. Genetic studies indicate that it is most closely related to the native American species Gossypium barbadense,^[1] thus it is surmised that a seed arrived from South America on the wind, in the droppings of a bird or associated with debris by sea.

Darwin's cotton
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Gossypium
Species:	G. darwinii
Binomial name
Gossypium darwinii G.Watt