(1) Egyptian cotton
(a) Chandler Warnick, Quick Facts about Egyptian Cotton Sheet Sets. Overstock, undated
www.overstock.com/guides/quick-f ... n-cotton-sheet-sets
("The cotton in Egyptian cotton sheet sets is grown in Egypt, but the same cotton is grown in other regions. In fact, the cotton species, Gossypium barbadense, is actually not native to Egypt at all, but was introduced to Egypt in the 19th century by one of Egypt's rulers, Mohammed Ali Pasha")
* The "cotton sheet" is one of the merchandise the company "Overstock" offers to sell.
(b) Michelle Radcliff, Supima vs Egyptian Cotton. SFGate.com, undated (URL suggests Oct 30, 2012)
homeguides.sfgate.com/supima-vs-egyptian-cotton-103012.html
(“Although cotton has been cultivated in Egypt for centuries, the long-staple variety was not introduced until the 19th century. The Egyptian ruler [1769-1849; pasha 1805-1845)], Mohammed Ali Pasha, funded his army with this new, lucrative cash crop. The extra-long staple cotton that revolutionized Egypt’s agriculture comes from a species of cotton plant known as Gossypium barbadense, a plant native to South America. The origins of ELS cotton can be traced back to a hybrid species of Sea Island cotton that was brought to Egypt around 1825, where it was further modified by inbreeding with native Egyptian cotton plants”)
(i) Gossypium barbadense
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossypium_barbadense
Quote:
"Cotton became a commercial plantation crop tended by slaves in the West Indies, so that by the 1650s, Barbados had become the first British West Indies colony to export cotton.
section 1.1 Sea Island cotton: "In about 1786, planting of Sea Island cotton began in the former British North American colonies, on the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia, when cotton planters were brought over from Barbados [presumably cotton, too].
(A) The species name hints at relationship with Barbados. And the quotations are the only two references to Barbados.
(B) pasha
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasha
(a rank in the Ottoman Empire; The rise to power in Egypt in 1805 by Muhammad Ali, an Albanian military commander, effectively established Egypt as a de facto independent state, however, it still owed technical fealty to the Ottoman Sultan)
is an suffix (not a prefix) to a person’s name.
(ii) Sea Islands
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Islands
(iii) Returning to Barbados in the species name. There is no need to read the rest of (A) and (B) immediately below.
(A) Yaroslav Prokhanov, What Is Gossypium barbadense Linnaeus? Taxon, 8: 41-46 (1959)
www.jstor.org/stable/1216027
("The species was first proposed by Linnaeus (1753) who transferred to it the epithet barbadense from an earlier cotton plant of Plukenet (1692, 1696), coming from Barbados")
(B) The Biology of Gossypium hirsutum L and Gossypium barbadense L (cotton). Version 2. Office of Gene Technology Regulator, Australia, February 2008, at page 1
www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/content/cotton-3/$FILE/biologycotton08.pdf
Quote:
"In this document, the word 'cotton' is used to refer to information relevant to both G hirsutum and G barbadense, where the information only relates to one species it will be stated as G hirsutum or G barbadense.
"In nature, G hirsutum and G barbadense are perennial shrubs. However, in the agricultural system both species are cultivated as annuals, with destruction of plants after harvesting the fruit for seed and fibre.
"The genus Gossypium was named by Linneaus in the middle of the 18th century. * * * Gossypium hirsutum L [L for Linneaus] was named due to its hairiness (hirsute) * * * It is commonly known as upland cotton, American cotton or Mexican cotton.
"G barbadense L was named after its assumed habitat of Barbados. * * * It is commonly known as Creole cotton, Egyptian cotton, extra long-staple or ELS cotton, Indian cotton, Sea Island cotton or pima cotton.
* Gossypium (n; Latin gossypion cotton)
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gossypium
* Because it is a genus name, the “G” in “Gossypium” is in upper case.
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