- Environmental: ornamental ()
- Fuels: potential as petroleum substitute/alcohol ()
- Gene sources: primary genetic relative of jojoba (based on selection from wild plants fide Genet Res Crop Evol 57:774. 2010)
- Materials: beads (fide Bot Beads World; as http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_13.html,)
- Materials: lipids (for cosmetics)
- Materials: wax ()
- Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona,
California
(s.)]
-
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Baja Norte,
Sonora]
Cultivated
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
-
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
Australasia
Northern America
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina,
Chile
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). (PROTA4U)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 (Zander ed13)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). (Ecocrop)
- Ince, A. G. et al. 2010. A reliable gender diagnostic PCR assay for jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis (LInk) Schneider) Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 57:773-779.
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
- Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
- Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 (Ency CNatIn)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 (Food Feed Crops US)
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
- Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
- Personal Care Products Council International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient (INCI)
- Rebman, J. P. 1995. Simmondsiaceae. Jojoba family J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 29:63-65.
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
- Rosengarten, F. The book of edible nuts. 1984 (Edible Nuts)
- Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
- Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). (Bot Beads World)
- Standley, P. C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721. (TreesS Mex)
- Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
Check other web resources for Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid. :
- PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
- BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
- Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
- AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
- SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
- TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
- Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Images:
- Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
- Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=105075. Accessed 23 April 2018.