Coix lacryma-jobi var. puellarum (Balansa) E.G.Camus & A.Camus

First published in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 220 (1922)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Sikkim to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Coix puellarum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • 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?
Tsang; Fung [293] China K002703265 No
Tsang; Fung [800] China K002703264 No
Libet, S.E. [19234] China K002703263 No
Tsang, W.T. [360] China K002703266 No
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [879] India Coix puellarum K002703440 Yes
Wallich [s.n.] Coix puellarum K002703441 Yes
Balansa, B. [1693] Vietnam Coix puellarum K000290013 Type Yes
Norsaengsri, M. [s.n.] Thailand Coix puellarum K002703445 No
Parry, N.E. (Mrs) [496] India Coix puellarum K002703442 Yes

Sources

  • 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