Summary ²

Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States, constituting some 95% of all cotton production there; it is native to Central America and possibly Mexico. Worldwide, the figure is about 90% of all cotton production is of cultivars derived from this species.

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1. (c) Reinaldo Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/plantaspinunsulaosa/6881997000/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossypium_hirsutum

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