Gossypium mustelinum

Gossypium mustelinum is a shrub in the mallow family which is native to tropical northeast Brazil. ^[1] It is an endangered^[2] wild relative of cultivated cotton.

Gossypium mustelinum
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Gossypium
Species:	G. mustelinum
Binomial name
Gossypium mustelinum Miers ex G.Watt