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|accepted_name=Simmondsia
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=London J. Bot.
|place=3: 400, plate 16. 1844
|year=1844
}}
|common_names=Jojoba;goatnut;pignut
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Simmondsiaceae;Simmondsia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Simmondsiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Simmondsia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Thomas Williams Simmonds, d. 1804, English naturalist
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 441
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;hair size;hair fixation or orientation;hair architecture"><b>Shrubs,</b> indumentum of slender, mostly appressed, simple hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>jointed near base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="blade secondary-vein orientation;blade secondary-vein fusion;blade secondary-vein prominence">blade secondary-veins steeply ascending from near base, usually basally distinct, distally obscure.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences:</b> staminate terminal, often pseudoaxillary (terminal but overtopped by lateral branch and appearing axillary), pedunculate, 10–20-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture">pistillate axillary, pedunculate, 1 (–3) -flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract presence">bracts present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="pedicel presence;pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal shape"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals oblanceolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal duration;sepal orientation;sepal shape;sepal size"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals persistent, spreading, triangular-ovate, enlarged in fruit.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule shape;capsule shape;capsule shape"><b>Capsules </b>nutlike, ovoid or ellipsoid, usually ± obtusely 3-angled;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pericarp texture">pericarp tough-leathery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>ovoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="seed shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico;desert and semidesert areas;in other similar habitats in North America;South America;Asia;Australia
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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name=Simmondsia
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Simmondsiaceae
|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico;desert and semidesert areas;in other similar habitats in North America;South America;Asia;Australia
|reference=None
|publication title=London J. Bot.
|publication year=1844
|special status=
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|genus=Simmondsia
|blade secondary-vein fusion=distinct
|blade secondary-vein orientation=ascending
|blade secondary-vein prominence=obscure
|bract presence=absent
|capsule shape=3-angled;ellipsoid;ovoid;nutlike
|flower architecture=pistillate;staminate
|hair architecture=simple
|hair fixation or orientation=appressed
|hair size=slender
|inflorescence architecture=1(-3)-flowered;pedunculate;pistillate;10-20-flowered;pedunculate;staminate
|inflorescence position=axillary;pseudoaxillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=jointed
|pedicel presence=absent;absent
|pericarp texture=tough-leathery
|seed shape=ovoid
|sepal duration=persistent
|sepal orientation=spreading
|sepal shape=triangular-ovate;oblanceolate
|sepal size=enlarged
|whole_organism growth form=shrub
|x chromosome quantity=13
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