Cojoba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 15 species, which range through the tropical Americas from northern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Bolivia and northern Brazil.
Taxonomy The genus was described by Britton and Rose published in North American Flora 23(1): 29. 1928. The type species is Cojoba arborea (L.) Britton & Rose
Species 15 species are accepted: Cojoba arborea Cojoba bahorucensis Cojoba beckii Cojoba catenata Cojoba chazutensis Cojoba costaricensis Cojoba escuintlensis Cojoba filipes Cojoba graciliflora Cojoba longipendula Cojoba rufescens Cojoba sophorocarpa Cojoba urbanii Cojoba zanonii
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