African Wild Cotton vs Creole cotton

Gossypium anomalum compared with Gossypium barbadense

Key Differences

• African Wild Cotton is Near Threatened while Creole cotton is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Wild Cotton	Creole cotton
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Malvales (Malvales)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family same	Malvaceae	Malvaceae
Genus same	Gossypium	Gossypium
Species	Gossypium anomalum	Gossypium barbadense

Evolutionary Relationship

African Wild Cotton and Creole cotton share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Gossypium.

Conservation Status

African Wild Cotton

NT — Near Threatened

Creole cotton

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Wild Cotton	Creole cotton
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Wild Cotton

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Creole cotton

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Turkey), Europe (Spain), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

African Wild Cotton

The African Wild Cotton (Gossypium anomalum) is a species in the genus Gossypium. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.