Question

Botanical name of cotton is:
A. Brassica
B. Gossypium
C. Hibiscus
D. Iberis

Answer 1

The flowering plant genus of the Malvaceae family, of which the cotton is harvested, is Gossypium tribe. It is unique to the Old and Modern world’s tropical and subtropical areas.

Complete answer:
- Gossypium herbaceum is a cotton plant native to Sub-Saharan African and Arabia semi-arid regions where it still grows as a perennial shrub in the environment.

- Brassica is a mustard family plant genus. Cruciferous plants, cabbages or mustard plants have specific names for their species.

- Hibiscus is a flowering plant genus in the Malvaceae family. It is very large, containing hundreds of species native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions worldwide.

- Iberis is a variety of floral plants of the Brassicaceae family, commonly referred to as candytuft.

Therefore, the option (B) is the right choice.

Additional Information:
A botanical name is a formal scientific name which conforms to the ICN and, if it concerns a crown crop, the additional cultivar or group epithets are to be in compliance with the International Code of Conduct for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).
The Gossypium genus has been studied in taxonomy and evolution for a long period. The fact that the genus consists of four domesticated species stimulates a great deal of this focus.

Note:
The scientific name of cotton is Gossypium herbaceum. The genus is named from the Arabic word ‘goz’ (which means soft substance) and has around fifty species of Gossypium, making it the largest genus in the Gossypiella group, and new species continue to be identified.