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lacryma-jobi

Taxon

Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 Mai 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Coix lacryma-jobi, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Berriozbl. Rd. to Buena Vista. 15 Mch 03. 028.jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Berriozbl. Rd. to Buena Vista. 15 Mch 03. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Berriozbl. Rd. to Buena Vista. 15 Mch 03. 029.jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi, not coll.--MX. Chiapas. Mpo. Berriozbl. Rd. to Buena Vista. 15 Mch 03. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Costa Rica.  La Selva Biol. Station, at STR2850. 18 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Station, at STR2850. 18 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Costa Rica.  La Selva Biol. Station, at STR 2850. 18 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. Station, at STR 2850. 18 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. station, at STR 2850. 18 Feb 02. 003.jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Costa Rica. La Selva Biol. station, at STR 2850. 18 Feb 02. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (6).jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (6).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (1).jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (2).jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (5).jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (3).jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (4).jpg

Coix lacryma-jobi--Japan. Toyota. Flora along the river. CD19 Jul 03. 054 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya; introduced into 131 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 18, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, Heredia (Pococí Canton, Guápiles)

10.146972, -83.946167

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected

March 15, 2003

Location

Mexico, Chiapas (Berriozabal)

17.015, -93.31

Location Remarks

Vista Hermosa (La antena). Bosque tropical perennifolio.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

July 19, 2003

Location

Japan, Chubu, Aichi (Toyota, Iwakuracho)

35.039167, 137.185

Location Remarks

Foresta Hills. Address: 1-1, Ipponmatsu, Iwakura-cho, Toyota-shi. 10 minutes drive from Head office of Toyota Motor Corporation Ltd., but there is also access from the Isewangan Expressway, Tokai-Kanjo Expressway, and Tomei Expressway

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Coix

Specific Epithet

lacryma-jobi

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#212,742 of 335,497

Top 64%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →