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Taxon:  Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. lacryma-jobi



Summary
Genus:
Coix
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Coicinae
Nomen number:
417386
Verified:
10/13/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Coix lacryma-jobi L. (0 active accession[s])
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. maxima Makino (0 active accession[s])
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Rom. Caill.) Stapf (0 active accession[s])
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. monilifer G. Watt (0 active accession[s])
Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. stenocarpa Oliv. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Bor, N. L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan. 1960
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 10:85.
  4. Holttum, R. E. et al. A revised flora of Malaya. 1953-1971
  5. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:91.
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Shukla, U. Grasses of north-eastern India. 1996
  8. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  9. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  10. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaGujarat 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaManipur 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4Naturalized     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Sikkim, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh], Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Malaysia, Philippines
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialsbeads Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 10:85.
Medicinesfolklore Grubben, G. J. H. & Soetjipto Partohardjono, eds. 1996. Cereals. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 10:85.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417386. Accessed 13 December 2025.


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