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Species : Gossypium sturtianum

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Taxonomic_name Gossypium sturtianum J. H. Willis 
cottondb_id cdbsp_28 
Common_name Australian Wild     
            Sturt's desert-rose   
Taxonomy Family Malvaceae 
         Genus Gossypium 
         Geographic_orig Australia   
Synonym Cienfuegosia gossypioides 
        Gossypium sturtii         
        Sturtia gossypioides        
Haploid_chromosome_number 13 
Genome C1 
Compatability Fertile_with Gossypium nandewarense 
                           Gossypium robinsonii   
                           Gossypium australe       
              Sterile_with[Show (16)]    
Sequence[Show (648)]  
Germplasm[Show (10)]  
DNA_library rGB-SNP_Gs 
Remarks 'Sturt's Desert Rose', the floral emblem of the Northern                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
          Territory, is widely but sparsely distributed in the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
          subtropical to temperate arid zone.  Its distribution                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
          reaches the southernmost latitude of any Gossypium species,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
          and its foliage is perhaps the nost cold-hardy of the genus.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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