Fabaceae
Cojoba

Cojoba graciliflora (S.F.Blake) Britton & Rose

First published in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 23: 31 (1928)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Nicaragua. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua

Recorded in error in:

El Salvador

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • 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.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Barneby, R. C. & Grimes, J. W. (1997). Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey’s Earring: a Generic System for the Synandrous Mimosaceae of the Americas, Part 2, Pithecellobium, Cojoba and Zygia. The New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
  • Lewis, G., Schrire, B., Mackinder, B. & Lock, M. (eds) (2005). Legumes of the World. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mabberley, D. J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses, 3rd Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    Rico Arce, L. (2001). Mimosaceae. In: Flora of Nicaragua, eds W. D. Stevens, C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O. M. Montiel. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • 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.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 22, 2016 Aguilar, R. [3739] Costa Rica K001259456 Yes
May 20, 2010 Rodríiguez, D. [734] El Salvador K000661789 Yes
Jun 15, 2009 Daza, A.; Zevallos, P.; Chan, J. [4485] Peru K000564467 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 MACQUEEN, D.J. [325] Mexico K000563552 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Hernández M., H.M.; Torres, R. [809] Mexico K000563549 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Matuda, E. [3620] Mexico K000563547 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Martínez Salas, E.M.; Ramos, C.H.; Lombera, R. [26913] Mexico K000563546 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Gentle, P.H. [2452] Belize K000117559 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Matuda, E. [3693] Mexico K000563545 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Martínez Salas, E.M.; Lombera, R.; Ramos, C.H. [M-25916] Mexico K000563551 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Hammel, B.; Martinez, E.; Merello, M. [15662] Mexico K000563550 Yes
Jan 1, 2006 Cabrera, E.; Canul, O. [5034] Mexico K000563548 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Hort Kew [1994-2569] K001306274 Yes
Martínez Salas, E.M.; Ramos, C.H.; Lombera, R. [25916] Mexico K000563544 Yes
Donnell Smith, J. [1733] Guatemala K000117594 Isotype Yes
Peck, M.E. [921] Belize K000117763 Type Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2452] Belize K000117560 Isotype Yes
Apr 20, 2014 Chapman, A.C. [20] Belize Cojoba recordii K000966204 No
Jan 1, 1992 Rovirosa, J.N. [731] Mexico Cojoba recordii K000563539 No
Jan 1, 1990 Calzada, J.I, [1824] Mexico Cojoba recordii K000563538 No

Sources

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

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

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • 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 Species Profiles

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

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    • 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