Gossypium anomalum

Gossypium anomalum is a species of wild cotton in the family Malvaceae, native to drier parts of Africa. A crop wild relative of cultivated cotton, its genome has been sequenced.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:

Gossypium anomalum subsp. anomalum – Cape Verde, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia
Gossypium anomalum subsp. senarense – Angola, Namibia