PLANTS Profile for Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's tears)

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PLANTS Profile

Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Job's tears

Symbol:

COLA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Guatemala, Chama. Usage Requirements.

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Coix lacryma-jobi L.

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Distribution:
Coix lacryma-jobi L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (HI, LA, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Coix lacryma-jobi L.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 1 species in Coix

Classification:
Coix lacryma-jobi L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Coix L. – Job's tears
Species	Coix lacryma-jobi L. – Job's tears

Introduced Information:
Coix lacryma-jobi L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Coix lacryma-jobi L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW

OBL

FACW+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Coix lacryma-jobi L.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41586.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:28 PM CDT