| Name | Cotton |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Unranked | Angiosperms |
| Unranked | Eudicots |
| Unranked | Rosids |
| Division | Mangoliophyta |
| Class | Mangoliopsida |
| Order | Malvales |
| Family | Malvaceae |
| Genus | Gossypium |