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Details for: PI 254511,
Simmondsia chinensis
(Link) C. K. Schneid., 16840
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Simmondsia chinensis
(Link) C. K. Schneid.
Top Name:
16840
Origin:
Collected – Baja California (Norte), Mexico
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
14 Oct 1957
PI Assigned:
1958
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
166
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Simmondsia chinensis
(Link) C. K. Schneid.
Top Name:
16840
Origin:
Collected – Baja California (Norte), Mexico
Maintained:
National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit
Received by NPGS:
14 Oct 1957
PI Assigned:
1958
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
September 1957.
Baja California (Norte), Mexico
Locality:
Sandy alluvium. San Telmo Valley, Baja California.
Elevation:
152m.
Collector(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Donated
14 October 1957.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Gentry, Howard Scott, Crops Research Division - USDA-ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
16840
Type: Donor identifier
Narrative
Shrub open, vigorous, to 6 feet high. Branches strong, pliant. Leaves dark green. Capsules large, 1-2 seeded. Fascicled about 20%. Peduncles long, strong.
Simmondsia chinensis
(Link) C. K. Schneid.
Genus:
Simmondsia
Family:
Simmondsiaceae
Nomen number:
105075
Place of publication:
Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2:141. 1907
Verified:
09/09/1986
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Buxus chinensis
Link
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Simmondsia californica
Nutt.
Common names
Language
Name
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note
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Citation
English
goatnut
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
jojoba
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedish
jojoba
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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CHEMICAL
Oil
Percent oil in the seed
56.3
JOJOBA.DIERIG.2006
PI 254511 00o SD
Not Available