Scientific Name	Gossypium raimondii
Common Name	-
Taxonomy ID	29730
Lineage	cellular organisms > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Streptophytina > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Euphyllophyta > Spermatophyta > Magnoliophyta > Mesangiospermae > eudicotyledons > Gunneridae > Pentapetalae > rosids > malvids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Malvoideae > Gossypium
External Links	NCBI; JGI; PLAZA;
Representative Assembly	Graimondii2_0	GCF_000327365.1	DNA GFF RNA Protein

Description:

Gossypium raimondii is a species of cotton plant endemic to northern Peru. Its genome has been sequenced in order to improve the productivity and fiber quality of other Gossypium species. Gossypium ramondii is the wild diploid Peruvian cotton species the closest extant representative of the Dt subgenome of the domesticated allotetraploids G. hirsutum L. (Upland Cotton) and G. barbadense L. (Pima Cotton). Cotton is one of the world's most important economically grown crops, the fibers it produces are used for the production of threads and fabrics. An estimated 5% of the available arable land worldwide is dedicated to growing cotton. Furthermore it is a valuable model species to study cell elongation and cell wall production.