Do we really need two different articles about the same plant? Wouldn't it be better to keep all the useful information about this plant in one place, so people can access and use it? -FisherQueen (Talk) 22:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

I do not find any other article on upland cotton. Tmangray 22:51, 14 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

short or long staple?

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Someone edited in that this species is not long but short staple. This surprised me since all the sources I checked had it as long staple. I double checked and discovered that among the several varieties (sub species) of hirsutum, there are some that are short staple, and some that are long. It appears from these sources that the most widely grown are the long staple varieties. The term short staple is most commonly used to refer to old world species of cotton. Tmangray 17:48, 22 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Yes, from what I read, the vast majority of cotton planted in USA is a type that between Long and Short staple, but certainly not the Long staple one, which is mainly planted in Africa and Central Asia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apzat (talkcontribs) 08:35, 24 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Native to central america?

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From what I know, the earliest cotton was domesticated by Indians of south Asia, which is the ancestor of all the cotton type that are planted worldwide. how come this specie is native to central America? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apzat (talkcontribs) 08:32, 24 April 2012 (UTC)Reply

Not true. Upwards of 90% of cotton grown today is this species which is native to the Americas. There is another species that is native to India.Tmangray (talk) 05:47, 10 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

95% of all cotton production in the United States /and/ is endangered.

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Which is it. Shruggedbeware (talk) 00:43, 4 March 2023 (UTC)Reply