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Gossypium arboreum, a Common card
Gossypium arboreum, commonly called tree cotton, is a species of cotton native to India and Sri Lanka.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 26
- Power
- 75
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 75 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Gossypium arboreum quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gossypium arboreum card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The shrub was included in Linnaeus's Species Plantarum ______ in 1753.
Answer
published. The shrub was included in Linnaeus's Species Plantarum published in 1753. From the Gossypium arboreum article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gossypium arboreum. Gossypium arboreum 49 · Laburnum anagyroides 45 · Holoptelea integrifolia 41 · Ictonyx 33 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Harihareshwar. Harihareshwar 24,000 · Laburnum anagyroides 16,000 · Gossypium arboreum 12,000 · Lakes of Ounianga 9,200 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- There is evidence of its cultivation as long ago as the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Indus River for the production of cotton textiles.
- The shrub was included in Linnaeus's Species Plantarum published in 1753.
- The holotype was also supplied by him, which is now in the Linnean Herbarium in the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gossypium arboreum article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 26: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Gossypium arboreum
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gossypium arboreum (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
