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Simmondsia chinensis

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Jojoba

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145108
Element CodePDSMM01010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderEuphorbiales
FamilySimmondsiaceae
GenusSimmondsia
Other Common Names
jojoba (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Review Date2001-01-16
Change Date2001-01-16
Edition Date2001-01-16
Edition AuthorsMacBryde, Bruce
Rank Reasons
Simmondsia chinensis is in southern California (below 1500 meters) to southern Arizona, Sonora and southern Baja California, occurring in arid areas on barren slopes (including arroyos), where it can be common locally.
Ecology & Habitat

Reproduction

Seeds dispersed by erosion, therefore water, and animals (Matthews 1994).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
DurationEVERGREEN
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (14)
Arizona (11)
AreaForestAcres
Black CrossTonto National Forest5,966
BoulderTonto National Forest40,359
Catalina St. Pk. Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest951
GoldfieldTonto National Forest15,257
Horse MesaTonto National Forest9,146
Lime CreekTonto National Forest42,568
MazatzalTonto National Forest16,942
Middle Romero WSRCoronado National Forest60
Oracle RoadlessCoronado National Forest22,365
PicachoTonto National Forest4,969
Upper Romero WsrCoronado National Forest150
California (2)
AreaForestAcres
Cactus Springs BSan Bernardino National Forest3,106
Cutca ValleyCleveland National Forest14,530
South Dakota (1)
AreaForestAcres
Indian CreekBuffalo Gap National Grassland24,666
References (9)
  1. Beauchamp, R.M. 1986. A flora of San Diego County, California. Sweetwater River Press, California. 241 pp.
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2016. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 12. Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 603 pp.
  3. Hasting, J.R., R.M. Turner and D.K. Warren. 1972. An atlas of of some plant distributions in the Sonoran Desert. UA-IAP-TR-72-21. Univ. of Arizona. 255pp.
  4. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  5. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  6. Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
  7. Munz, P.A. 1974. A flora of southern California. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1086 pp.
  8. Shreve, F., and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 volumes. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford. 1740 pp.
  9. Wiggins, I.L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 1025 pp.