[12/12] 목화 [木花, cotton plant; Gossypium]

[12/12] 목화 [木花, cotton plant; Gossypium]

학명(學名, binomial name): Gossypium
이명: 면화, 綿花, 초면, 草綿
계(界, Kingdom): 식물계(Plantae)
문(門, Division): 속씨식물문, 현화식물문(Magnoliophyta), 피자식물문(Angiospermae)
강(綱, Class): 쌍떡잎식물강(Dicotyledoneae), 목련강(Magnoliopsida)
목(目, Order): 아욱목(Malvales)
과(科, Family): 아욱과(Malvaceae)
속(屬, Genus): 목화속(Gossypium)
종(種, Species): Gossypium arboreum, Gossypium indicum 등 50여종
개화: 7월~9월; 백색, 황색, 옅은 붉은색
생활형: 한해살이풀

꽃말: 우수(優秀, distinguished); 우수(憂愁, melancholy); 어머니의 사랑(mother's love)

목화는 쌍떡잎식물 아욱목 아욱과 한해살이풀을 총칭합니다.

속명 고시피움(Gossypium)은 부드러운 물질(soft substance)을 가리키는 아랍어 단어 goz에서 비롯되었다고 합니다.

Image: Gossypium hirsutum [Cotton plant] | CC-PD | Date: 1 September 2010 | Author: Victor M. Vicente Selvas | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_plant_open_flower1371.JPG

Image: Gossypium hirsutum | CC-PD | Date: 22 May 2014 | Author: Mason Brock (Masebrock) | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gossypium_hirsutum_Florida.jpg

Image: Gossypium herbaceum | CC-PD | 9 January 2016 | Author: Dr.S.Soundarapandian | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF1.jpg

Image: Gossypium hirsutum [Cotton plant] | CC-PD | Date: 1 September 2010 | Author: Victor M. Vicente Selvas | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_plant_open_flower1371.JPG

Image: Gossypium hirsutum | CC-PD | Date: 22 May 2014 | Author: Mason Brock (Masebrock) | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gossypium_hirsutum_Florida.jpg

Image: Gossypium herbaceum | CC-PD | 9 January 2016 | Author: Dr.S.Soundarapandian | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain (CC-PD) | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF1.jpg