Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.: jojoba

Susan E. Meyer

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Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.: jojoba

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Susan E. Meyer

Year:

2008

Type:

Agricultural Handbook

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 1049-1051.

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Abstract

The Simmondsiaceae (jojoba family), has only 1 genus, Simmondsia, which consists of only 1 species, jojoba - S. chinensis (Link) Schneid. Once considered an isolated member of the box family (Buxaceae), jojoba is now regarded as sufficiently distinct to be placed in its own family. Jojoba is found from coastal and cis-montane southern California east to central Arizona and south to Sonora and Baja California (Munz 1974; Yermanos 1974). It is a characteristic plant of upland shrub communities in the Sonoran and Colorado Deserts and is also quite common as a component of chaparral.

Parent Publication

The Woody Plant Seed Manual

Keywords

Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid, jojoba, goatnut

Citation

Meyer, Susan E. 2008. Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.: jojoba. In: Bonner, Franklin T.; Karrfalt, Robert P., eds. The Woody Plant Seed Manual. Agric. Handbook No. 727. Washington, DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. p. 1049-1051.