Gossypium gossypioides (Ulbr.) Standl.
Descripción
Large shrubs or small trees 3-6 m tall, the stems minutely puberulent. Leaf blades mostly 7-16 cm long, prominently cordate, more or less deeply 3-lobed, the lobes entire, acuminate, subglabrous except for the nerves; foliar nectaries absent; petioles1/2-2/3 the length of the blades, rarely subequal; stipules 5-10 mm long, subulate. Flowers generally borne in lateral sympodial inflorescences; pedicels 2-3 cm long, calyx minutely puberulent; involucellar nectaries absent; involucellar bracts 2.5-4.5 cm long, almost as wide, cordate-ovate, entire, acuminate, marginally connate by interlocking hairs prior to anthesis, enclosing bud and fruit, persistent; 4-5 mm long, glabrous, truncate or undulate; corolla funnelform, rose- lavender with a red-purple spot on lower half within, the petals 4.5-5.5 cm long, ciliate on margin especially at base; staminal column ca. half the length of the petals, pallid, glabrous, the filaments ca. 2 mm long, often purplish, the anthers yellowish; style slightly exceeding androecium. Capsules ca. 1.5 cm long, broadly ovoid, 3-celled, glabrous, prominently gland-dotted, abscissing (with the involucel) at maturity; seeds 7 mm long, with dense short grayish appressed pubescence. Chromosome number: 2n = 26. A
Elevación
800 – 1200 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Dry hills No especificadoA
Categoría IUCN
Vulnerable (VU)B
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
Sujeta a protección especial (Pr)C