View source for Coix ← Coix You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Coix |accepted_authority=L. |publications= |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae;Coix |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Coix]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 25 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 703 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism reproduction;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;spikelet architecture;spikelet arrangement">monoecious, pistillate and staminate spikelets on separate rames in the same inflorescence.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm some measurement;culm orientation;culm growth form;culm growth form;culm growth form;culm growth form;culm architecture"><b>Culms </b>to 3 m, erect, creeping, or floating, branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="internode architecture">internodes solid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>not aromatic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ligule texture">ligules membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="rame quantity;rame atypical quantity;rame quantity;sheath texture;sheath shape;sheath development"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, of 2 (3) rames, 1 pistillate, the other (s) staminate, pistillate rames completely enclosed in indurate, globose to cylindric, modified leaf-sheaths, termed involucres, from which the staminate rames protrude.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence prominence;spikelet quantity;spikelet quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>rames each with 3 spikelets, 1 sessile and pistillate, the other 2 pedicellate and rudimentary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet shape">sessile spikelets somewhat dorsally compressed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="glume texture;glume architecture or shape">glumes coriaceous, beaked;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma prominence">stigmas protruding from the involucres.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Caryopses </b>more or less globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="caryopsis shape;caryopsis architecture;involucre fragility"><b>Staminate </b>rames flexible, exserted from the involucre;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="spikelet architecture;spikelet architecture;spikelet size;spikelet presence;triplet quantity">spikelets in pairs or triplets, 1 sessile, the other (s) pedicellate, reduced, or absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="lower glume pubescence or texture;keel quantity;keel shape;keel architecture">lower glumes chartaceous, with 15 or more veins, 2-keeled, keels winged above;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="keel quantity">upper glumes similar, with 1 keel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="lower floret reproduction">lower florets sometimes sterile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="upper floret architecture">upper florets staminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="stamen presence;stamen quantity">stamens 0 or 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="lodicule quantity">lodicules 2.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="pedicel fusion;x chromosome quantity"><b>Pedicels </b>not fused to the rame axes, x = 5.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=N.J.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Pa.;Tex.;Ohio;La.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii) |discussion=<p>Coix is a genus of about five species, one of which has been introduced into the Flora region. All the species are native to tropical Asia, where C. lacryma-jobi and, to a lesser extent, C. gigantea are harvested for food.</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=jain1974a |text=Jain, S.K. and D.K. Banerjee. 1974. Preliminary observations on the ethnobotany of the genus Coix. Econ. Bot. 28:38-42 }}{{Treatment/Reference |id=watt1904a |text=Watt, G. 1904. Coix spp. or Job's tears: A review of all available information. Agric. Ledger 13:189-229. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Coix |author=John W. Thieret; |authority=L. |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Poaceae |distribution=N.J.;Puerto Rico;Virgin Islands;Pa.;Tex.;Ohio;La.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii) |reference=jain1974a;watt1904a |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V25/V25_1670.xml |subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae |tribe=Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae |genus=Coix |caryopsis architecture=staminate |caryopsis shape=globose |culm architecture=branched |culm growth form=floating;creeping;floating;creeping |culm orientation=erect |culm some measurement=0m;3m |glume architecture or shape=beaked |glume texture=coriaceous |inflorescence architecture=pedicellate;pistillate;sessile;pistillate;staminate;pistillate;staminate;pistillate |inflorescence position=axillary |inflorescence prominence=rudimentary |inflorescence quantity=2 |internode architecture=solid |involucre fragility=pliable |keel architecture=winged |keel quantity=1;15 |keel shape=2-keeled |leaf odor=not aromatic |ligule texture=membranous |lodicule quantity=2 |lower floret reproduction=sterile |lower glume pubescence or texture=chartaceous |pedicel fusion=not fused |rame atypical quantity=3 |rame quantity=1;2 |sheath development=modified |sheath shape=globose;cylindric |sheath texture=indurate |spikelet architecture=pedicellate;sessile;sessile;staminate |spikelet arrangement=separate |spikelet presence=absent |spikelet quantity=1;3 |spikelet shape=compressed |spikelet size=reduced |stamen presence=absent |stamen quantity=3 |stigma prominence=protruding |triplet quantity=1 |upper floret architecture=staminate |whole_organism architecture=pistillate |whole_organism duration=perennial;annual |whole_organism growth form=plant |whole_organism reproduction=monoecious |x chromosome quantity=5 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Poaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Coix.