Gossypium herbaceum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 693. 1753.

"Habitat in America." RCN: 5074.

Lectotype (Fryxell in Brittonia 20: 378. 1968): Herb. Linn. No. 874.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Gossypium herbaceum L. ( Malvaceae).

Note: Watt (Wild Cult. Cotton Pl. World: 157, pl. 24. 1907) discussed both 874.1 (LINN) and the Clifford material as “types” . However, these collections are not part of a single gathering, so Art. 9.15 does not apply, and he did not make a choice of type.