
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fryxell, PA 
T1  - A revision of the Australian species of <I>Gossypium</I> with observations on the occurrence of <I>Thespesia</I> in Australia (Malvaceae)
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1965
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
SP  - 71
EP  - 102
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9650071 
N2  - Existing knowledge of the Australian representatives of the genus Gossypium L. reviewed. New evidence is presented that genus Notoxylinon Lewton should be merged with Gossypium. A key is provided and the following revised classification is proposed.Subgenus Sturtia (R. Br.) Tod. Section Sturtia (R. Br.) Tod. G. sturtianum J. H. Willis var. sturtianum G. sturtianum J. H. Willis var. nandewarense (Der.) Fryx. G. robinsonii F. Muell. Section Hibiscoidea Tod. Subsection Grandicalyx Fryx. G. costulatum Tod. G. populifolium (Benth.) F. Muell. ex Tod. G. cunninghamii Tod.Subsection Hibiscoidea G. australe F. Muell. G. bickii Prokhh G. pulchellum (C. A. Gardn.) Fryx. G. timorense Prokh. Spec. exclus. : G. thespesioides (R. Br. ex Benth.) F. Muell. ex Tod. and G. flaviflorum ( F . Muell.) F. Muell. ex Tod. The two excluded species are transferred to Thespesia Sol. ex Corr. G. flaviflorum and G. thespesioides are merged and reduced to varietal rank as T. lampas (Cav.) Dalz. ex Dalz. &amp; Gibs. var. fhespesioides (R. Br. ex Benth.) Fryx. The occurrence of T. populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corr. in Australia is also noted. 
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