Scientific Name | Gossypium raimondii | ||||
Common Name | - | ||||
Taxonomy ID | 29730 | ||||
Lineage | cellular organisms > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Streptophytina > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Euphyllophyta > Spermatophyta > Magnoliophyta > Mesangiospermae > eudicotyledons > Gunneridae > Pentapetalae > rosids > malvids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Malvoideae > Gossypium | ||||
External Links | NCBI; JGI; PLAZA; | ||||
Representative Assembly | Graimondii2_0 | GCF_000327365.1 | DNA GFF RNA Protein |
Gossypium raimondii is a species of cotton plant endemic to northern Peru. Its genome has been sequenced in order to improve the productivity and fiber quality of other Gossypium species. Gossypium ramondii is the wild diploid Peruvian cotton species the closest extant representative of the Dt subgenome of the domesticated allotetraploids G. hirsutum L. (Upland Cotton) and G. barbadense L. (Pima Cotton). Cotton is one of the world's most important economically grown crops, the fibers it produces are used for the production of threads and fabrics. An estimated 5% of the available arable land worldwide is dedicated to growing cotton. Furthermore it is a valuable model species to study cell elongation and cell wall production.