Names
No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.
English: American cotton, American upland cotton, american-cotton, Bourbon cotton, cotton, Creole Cotton, Upland Cotton.
In other languages
- Chinese: lu di mian
- French: coton velu, Coton, Coton pays, cotonnier américain
- German: amerikanische Baumwolle, Uplandbaumwolle
- Greek: vamvaki
- Italian: Cotone americano
- Portuguese: algodão, algodoeiro, algodoeiro-americano
- Spanish: algodón, Algodón Mexicano, algodonero americano, Urúch
- Swedish: texasbomull
- mlt: Qotin ta' Gallipoli
Names with no language recorded: American cotton, American upland cotton, Catuna, cotton, Katuna, Koton, Koton péyi, lu di mian, Upland cotton.
Where it is recorded
Taxonomy record sources: GBIF (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.
Growth stages
- Initial: about 30 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar-May, Egypt; Pakistan; Calif.)
- Crop development: about 50 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar-May, Egypt; Pakistan; Calif.)
- Mid-season: about 60 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar-May, Egypt; Pakistan; Calif.)
- Late season: about 55 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Mar-May, Egypt; Pakistan; Calif.)
What the sources say it wants
Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.
Whole cycle
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Root zone | Root-zone EC (dS/m) | up to 7.7 (warning above 9.6, alert above 13) | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 29, 1985 |
Initial
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, initial stage (ratio) | 0.35 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Mid-season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, mid-season (ratio) | 1.15 to 1.2 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Late season
| Zone | Measure | Band | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timing | Crop coefficient, end of season (ratio) | 0.5 to 0.7 | published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998 |
Phenophases observed by the USA National Phenology Network
10 phenophases are tracked for this species and refreshed nightly, as stage triggers: All leaves withered, Flowers or flower buds, Fruits, Initial growth, Leaves, Open flowers, Recent fruit or seed drop, Ripe fruits.
Keystone status
Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.
Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.