Coix gasteenii (Introduced)?

Coix gasteenii B.K.Simon, Austrobaileya 3: 1 1989. ; . Queensland (Cook) as per POWO; . grass Coix again 17/10/12 sk: This seems to be another Coix, a slimmer species with much slimmer leaves, found in a marsh at a outskirt. Could this be a variety of Coix aquatica Roxburgh? I have recorded photographs of 3 […]

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Coix lacryma-jobi

Coix lacryma-jobi L., Sp. Pl. 972 1753. (Syn. Coix agrestis Lour.; Coix agrestis var. maxima (Makino) Nakai; Coix arundinacea Lam.; Coix exaltata Jacq. ex Spreng.; Coix exaltata Jacq.; Coix gigantea J.Jacq. [Illegitimate]; Coix lacryma L. [Illegitimate]; Coix lacryma L. [Illegitimate]; Coix lacryma-jobi var. maxima Makino; Coix lacryma-jobi var. novoguineensis Pilg.; Coix ouwehandii Koord.; Coix ovata Stokes […]

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Coix aquatica

Coix aquatica Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 571 1832 (syn. Coix gigantea subsp. aquatica (Roxb.) Bhattacharya; Coix gigantea var. aquatica (Roxb.) Watt; Coix lacryma-jobi f. aquatica (Roxb.) Backer; Coix lingulata Hack.; Coix poilanei Mimeur); . India to China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia: Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, […]

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