Biology:Cojoba

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Cojoba
Cojoba valerioi 1.jpg
Cojoba valerioi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Cojoba
Britton and Rose (1928)
Species[1]

15; see text

Synonyms[1]

Obolinga Barneby (1989)

Cojoba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species, which range through the tropical Americas from northern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and northern Brazil. from [1]

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Britton and Rose published in North American Flora 23(1): 29. 1928.[2] The typical species is: Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

Species

15 species are accepted:[1]

  • Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose
  • Cojoba bahorucensis J.W.Grimes & R.García
  • Cojoba beckii Barneby & J.W.Grimes
  • Cojoba catenata (Donn.Sm.) Britton & Rose
  • Cojoba chazutensis (Standl.) L.Rico
  • Cojoba costaricensis Britton & Rose
  • Cojoba escuintlensis (Lundell) L.Rico
  • Cojoba filipes (Vent.) Barneby & J.W.Grimes
  • Cojoba graciliflora (S.F.Blake) Britton & Rose
  • Cojoba longipendula (Forero & A.H.Gentry) Forero & C.Romero
  • Cojoba rufescens (Benth.) Britton & Rose
  • Cojoba sophorocarpa (Benth.) Britton & Rose
  • Cojoba urbanii (Alain) R.G.García & Peguero
  • Cojoba zanonii (Barneby) Barneby & J.W.Grimes

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5141683 entry