Coix

Coix is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.[3][4]

Coix
Coix lacryma-jobi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Coicinae
Rchb. ex Clayton & Renvoize
Genus: Coix
L.
Type species
Coix lacryma-jobi
Synonyms[2]
  • Lachrymaria Heist. ex Fabr.
  • Lachryma-jobi Ortega
  • Lithagrostis Gaertn.
  • Lacryma Medik.
  • Sphaerium Kuntze

The best-known species is Coix lacryma-jobi, widely called Job's tears. Its variety Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen is cultivated in many warm regions as a source of food, medicine, and ornamentation.[5][6]

Species[2][7]
formerly included[2]

see Chionachne Polytoca Tripsacum

  • Coix angulata - Tripsacum dactyloides
  • Coix barbata - Chionachne gigantea
  • Coix crypsoides - Chionachne gigantea
  • Coix dactyloides - Tripsacum dactyloides
  • Coix gigantea J.Koenig 1788 not J.Koenig ex Roxb. 1932 - Chionachne gigantea
  • Coix heteroclita - Polytoca digitata
  • Coix koenigii - Chionachne gigantea
  • Coix sulcata - Chionachne punctata

References

  1. lectotype designated by Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 187 (1929)
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 972 in Latin
  4. Tropicos, Coix L.
  5. Hill,A.F. 1952. Economic Botany, McGraw-Hill
  6. Arora, R. K., 1977, "Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) - a minor food and fodder crop of northeastern India." Economic Botany, Volume 31, issue 3, pages 358–366.
  7. The Plant List search for Coix


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