Fabaceae
Cojoba

Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose

First published in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 29 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Bolivia, Caribbean. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a poison, a medicine and invertebrate food and has environmental uses.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Niembro Rocas, A., Vázquez Torres, M. & Sáchez Sáchez, O. (2010). Árboles de Veracruz 100 especies para la reforstación estratégica: 1-253. Gombierno del Estado de Veracruz, México.
  • Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (1946). Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany New Series 24(5): 1-502. Field Museum of Natural History.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Balick, M.J., Nee, M.H. & Atha, D.E. (2000). Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Belize with Common Names an Uses: 1-246. New York Botanic Garden Press, New York.
  • Brako, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i-xl, 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera & C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2010). Manual de plantas de Costa Rica volumen V. Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae-Gunneraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 119: 1-970. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 1-1181. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Niembro Rocas, A., Vázquez Torres, M. & Sáchez Sáchez, O. (2010). Árboles de Veracruz 100 especies para la reforstación estratégica: 1-253. Gombierno del Estado de Veracruz, México.
  • Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Adams, C. D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica Univ. West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  • Barneby, R. C. & Grimes, J. W. (1997). Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 74(2) Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earri
  • Liogier, A. H. (1985). La Flore de la Espanola. III
  • Standley, P. C. & Steyermark, J. A (1946). Fieldiana, Bot. 24(5) :1-425 Leguminosae
  • Zamora, N. V. (1991). Brenesia 36:63-149. Tratamiento ... Mimosaceae de Costa Rica

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2009 Aguilar, R. [11168] Costa Rica K000654002 Yes
Jan 1, 2007 Martínez Salas, E.M.; Ramos, R. [833] Mexico K000564288 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Rico, L.; Barreto, A.; Martínez Q., E.; Beyra, A. [2040] Cuba K000266645 Yes
Jan 1, 1998 Pringle, C.G. [8128] Mexico K000563499 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Gómez-Pompa, A. [154] Mexico K000563484 Yes
Jan 1, 1995 Vera Santos, J. [2960] Mexico K000563495 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Martínez Salas, E.M. [25833] Mexico K000563520 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Flores S., H. [331] Mexico K000563509 Yes
Jan 1, 1994 Martínez Salas, E.M.; Alemán, T.; Morales, J. [21601] Mexico K000563487 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Palmer, E. [411] Mexico K000563502 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Martínez Salas, E.M.; Reyes, A.; Márquez, A.; Urquijo, G. [20148] Mexico K000563511 Yes
Jan 1, 1989 Hernández M., H.M.; Tenorio, P. [860] Mexico K000563492 Yes
Jan 1, 1988 Méndez Ton, A. [5831] Mexico K000563496 Yes
Galeotti, H. [s.n.] Mexico K000563498 Yes
Martinez Calderon, G. [2261] Mexico K000563501 Yes
Neill, D. [5597] Mexico K000563494 Yes
Hahn, L. [s.n.] Mexico K000563485 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Clegg, R.; Martinez, M.T. [29278] Bolivia K000544586 Yes
Ponce C., F. [257] Mexico K000563504 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1435] Bolivia K000295425 Yes
Neill, D. [5597] Mexico K000563517 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1201] Bolivia K000295117 Yes
Valdivia Q., P.E. [506] Mexico K000563489 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M.; Ramos, C.H.; Lombera, R. [26351] Mexico K000563493 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M.; Ramos, C.H. [M-26351] Mexico K000563497 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M. [17555] Mexico K000563507 Yes
Méndez G., A. [8217] Mexico K000563512 Yes
Méndez Ton, A. [5831] Mexico K000563508 Yes
Williams, L. [8805] Mexico K000563490 Yes
Méndez G., A. [8217] Mexico K000563513 Yes
Hughes, C.E. [1858] Mexico K000563506 Yes
Sousa, M.; Martínez, S.E.; Reyes Garcia, A. [13176] Mexico K000563515 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M. [18006] Mexico K000563488 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Arbelaez, A. [1377] Bolivia K000295429 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [2910] Mexico K000563486 Yes
Palmer, E. [531] Mexico K000563500 Yes
Cedillo Trigos, R.; Calzada, J.I. [104] Mexico K000563510 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M.; Márquez, A.; Urquijo, G. [19987] Mexico K000563516 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M. [17934] Mexico K000563503 Yes
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhán K., J. [9270] Mexico K000563491 Yes
Méndez G., A. [8913] Mexico K000563514 Yes
Hughes, C.E.; Harris, S.A.; Atkinson, R. [1610] Mexico K000563505 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T. [1201] Bolivia K:SPC-72664.000 No
Peru K001105432 Yes
Ecuador K001105468 Yes
Ecuador K001105469 Yes
Ecuador K001105470 Yes
Ecuador K001105471 Yes
Ecuador K001105472 Yes
Ecuador K001105475 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Legumes of the World Online

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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