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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> indumentum of slender, mostly appressed, simple hairs. <b>Leaves</b> jointed near base; blade secondary veins steeply ascending from near base, usually basally distinct, distally obscure. <b>Inflorescences</b>: staminate terminal, often pseudoaxillary (terminal but overtopped by lateral branch and appearing axillary), pedunculate, 10–20-flowered; pistillate axillary, pedunculate, 1(–3)-flowered; bracts present. <b>Pedicels</b> present or absent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals oblanceolate. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: sepals persistent, spreading, triangular-ovate, enlarged in fruit. <b>Capsules</b> nutlike, ovoid or ellipsoid, usually ± obtusely 3-angled; pericarp tough-leathery. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid. <b>x</b> = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico;desert and semidesert areas;introduced in other similar habitats in North America;South America;Asia;Australia.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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name=Simmondsia
|author=
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Simmondsiaceae
|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico;desert and semidesert areas;introduced 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
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