Poaceae
Coix

Coix aquatica Roxb.

First published in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 571 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Afghanistan

Native to:

Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., New Guinea, Nicobar Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
  • Henty, E.E. (1969). A manual of the grasses of New Guinea: 1-215. Division of Botany, Dpt. of Forests, LAE, New Guinea.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 24, 2009 Kerr, A.F.G. [6732] Thailand K000648164 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703298 Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] India K002703278 Yes
Haines, H.H. [3664] India K002703274 Yes
Stocks [4] India K002703287 Yes
Kurz, S. [s.n.] India K002703293 Yes
Barnes, E. [1223] India K002703280 Yes
Watt, G. [s.n.] India K002703296 Yes
Law, S. [5] India K002703283 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K002703314 Yes
Thomson, T. [1447] India K002703297 No
Sinclair, I.W.J.; Long, D.G. [4933] Bhutan K002703268 No
Jacquemont, V. [569] India K002703285 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [569] India K002703294 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703312 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703269 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703292 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [5036] India K002703322 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K002703186 Yes
Ammal, E. [s.n.] India K002703290 Yes
Santapau, H. [19804] India K002703315 Yes
Prain, D. [s.n.] India K002703316 Yes
Roxburgh, W. [s.n.] India K000246061 Type Yes
Naik, V.N. [1007] India K002703270 No
Ammal, E. [s.n.] India K002703289 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703279 Yes
Thomson, T. [1447] India K002703295 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703291 Yes
Beil, A.S. [166] India K002703276 Yes
Law, S. [3] India K002703286 Yes
[Stocks Law] [5] India K002703288 Yes
[Voyage de V. Jacquemont] [632] India K002703284 Yes
Forrest, G. [1107] China K002703199 Yes
Abel; [E. Lures] [s.n.] India K002703319 Yes
Norsaengsri, M. [s.n.] Thailand K002703443 No
Beil, A.S. [166] India K002703275 Yes
McClelland [s.n.] India K002703281 Yes
Collett, H. [51] Burma K000246062 Type Yes
Haines, H.H. [3664] India K002703273 Yes
Ram, S. [s.n.] India K002703313 Yes
s.coll. [1729] India K002703320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002703299 Yes
McClure, F.A. [10169] China K002703198 Yes
Stocks, L. [s.n.] India K002703282 Yes
McClure, F.A. [10169] China K002703197 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [8493] India K002703272 No
Santapau, H. [19811] India K002703317 Yes
Naik, V.N. [1246] India K002703271 No
Wood, J.J. [CLXXIII] India K002703277 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan Coix gigantea K002703200 Yes
[R. Alohan] [369] Japan Coix gigantea K002703201 Yes
Oldham, R. [924] Japan Coix gigantea K002703202 Yes
Poilane, E. [16029] Laos Coix poilanei K000290031 Isotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0