Details for: PARL 142, Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid., AZ 6886

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.

Top Name:

AZ 6886

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

28 Apr 2000

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Currently unavailable due to reduced staffing.

Cuttings available March through May. Seeds, if available, are open pollinated.

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.

Top Name:

AZ 6886

Origin:

Collected – Kenya

Maintained:

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

Received by NPGS:

28 Apr 2000

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

PRE 1990.
Kenya
Locality: From a plantation in Kenya.
Comment: Dr. Horst Baum and Michael Barkham of Kenya Jojoba Ltd. manage the Jojoba plantation
Collector(s):

Palzkill, David, The University of Arizona

Donated

28 April 2000.
Arizona, United States

Donor(s):

Palzkill, David, The University of Arizona

Accession Names and Identifiers

AZ 6886

Type: Donor identifier

Palzkill, David The University of Arizona

PARL 142

Type: Site identifier

Group: PARL

National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resources Unit

USDA, ARS, NALPGRU

Narrative

Is apart of the clones transferred from Bakerfiled, California to Maricopa, Arizona in 1990 and from Maricopa to Parlier, California in 2000. The Bakerfiled collection was made in the 1970's by Lemoyne Hogan, David Palzkill and Chi Won Lee in cooperation with the U. of Arizona and Tenneco West Inc. In Bakerfiled, California Dr. Mohammed Younces managed and took notes on the collection for approximately ten years. The best of the collection was moved to Maricopa, Arizona in 1990.

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	seq	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)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Frost damage	Frost damage of shrubs in 2 years with temperature below zero centigrade 3 consecutive days	2 - 50% shrub damage. Roughly 31-65%	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flower set pattern	Flower set pattern	2 - Each second node	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Seed per capsule	Number of seed per capsule, mean of 10 capsules on 3 shrubs	1	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Capsules per cluster	Number of capsules per cluster, mean of 10 capsules on 3 shrubs in the 4th year of vegetation	1	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Number of stems > 1 meter	Number of stems greater 1 meter in near to soil level. Mean of shrubs in the 4th year of vegetation.	2	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Internodal length in cm	Internodal length. Mean of 2 branches from 3 shrubs in the 4th year of vegetation	7	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	nut	SIMMONDSIA.IMAGE.PARLIER	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
OTHER	Image/picture	A picture or image	plant	SIMMONDSIA.IMAGE.PARLIER	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed weight of 100 seeds	Weight of 100 seeds in grams	98	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Seed yield per shrub	Seed yield in grams, mean per shrub in the 4th and 5th year of 3 shrubs	75.5	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Shrub height in cm	Shrub height in centimeters in the 4th year. Soil level to the tip of highest stem	180	Excel speadsheet on the 2005 Simmondsia data taken at Parlier, California click here. ">SIMMONDSIA.PARLIER.2005	PARL 142 00o PL	Not Available