Coix lacryma-jobi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Coix
Species: Coix lacryma-jobi
Varietates: C. l. var. lacryma-jobi – C. l. var. ma-yuen – C. l. var. puellarum – C. l. var. stenocarpa

Name

Coix lacryma-jobi L., Sp. Pl. 1: 972. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Coix lacryma L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1261. (1759), nom. superfl.
- Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 7. (1788)
- Coix pendula Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 28. (1796), nom. superfl.
- Coix ovata Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 342. (1812), nom. superfl.
- Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 793. (1891), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, West Himalaya
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Southestern Asia
  - Andaman Is., Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Thailand
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Introduced into:
  - Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Austria, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, China North-Central, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Inner Mongolia, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Spain, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tanzania, Tennessee, Togo, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 972. Reference page.

Additional references

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coix lacryma-jobi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coix lacryma-jobi. Published online. Accessed Sept. 5 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coix lacryma-jobi in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Jacob's Tears
suomi: Jobinkyynelheinä
Bahasa Indonesia: Jali
日本語: ジュズダマ
Sunda: Hanjeli
Türkçe: Gözyaşı otu, Düğme çiçeği

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