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Gossypium barbadense
Sea Island Cotton
As recorded: Gossypium barbadense L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- Wisner, A.W.
- Collector number
- 102
- Date
- August 14, 1959
- Locality
- Near Leprosarium
- Island
- Tutuila
- Region
- American Samoa
- Elevation
- 3 m
- Identified by
- Fryxell, P.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 14, 1959, Wisner, A.W. also collected 23 other specimens.
Alphitonia zizyphoides
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Breynia disticha
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Calophyllum inophyllum
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Calotropis gigantea
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Canavalia cathartica
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Canavalia cathartica
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Canavalia cathartica
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Convolvulaceae
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Decalobanthus peltatus
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Erythrina variegata
Botany
Gossypium barbadense
Botany
Gossypium barbadense
Botany
Gossypium barbadense
Botany
Gossypium barbadense
Botany
Gossypium barbadense
Botany
Hernandia ovigera
Botany
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Botany
Plantago major
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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
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Strophocaulon unitum
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Strophocaulon unitum
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Thuarea involuta
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Gossypium barbadense observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 84 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-18.
2026-10-18
48916 Jal., México
(c) J. Abad Aispuro Ch., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-24
6Q9H+H8, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
(c) Barry Stewart, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-06-26
Ecuador
(c) John G. Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-04-27
Trinidad, Bolivia
(c) William Matene, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-27
Roura 97352, Guyane française
(c) Guillaume Léotard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-27
62QP+4QM, Loma Suárez, Bolivia
(c) Carlos andres Casanova eguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Gossypium barbadense. BISH 157801. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956147507. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/157801.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956147507 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026