Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Bengali:
Jhora Dan, Uradan
Common Names in Burmese:
Saba Yaing
Common Names in Chinese:
Ni Wa La Ye Sheng Dao
Common Names in English:
Weedy Rice
Common Names in French:
Riz Sauvage, Riz Spontané
Common Names in Sanskrit:
Nivara
Common Names in Sinhalese:
Uru Wee
Common Names in Spanish:
Arroz Salvaje, Arroz Silvestre
Description
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August.
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 12-15" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
()
- Small, 1903
- Series:
ref="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/5803
()
- Family:
Gramineae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Ehrhartoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Ehrhartoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Series:
ref="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/5803
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Place of publication
: Indian J. Genet
. Pl. Breed
. 25:157, fig. 2,
3. 1965
Name
verified on 15-Apr-1997 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last
updated: 09-Jan-2003
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oryza
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
O. barthii (Barth's Rice) · O. glaberrima (African Rice) · O. glutinosa (White Sticky Rice) · O. latifolia (Broadleaf Rice) · O. longistaminata (Long-Stamen Rice) · O. nivara (Weedy Rice) · O. punctata (Red Rice) · O. rufipogon (Brown-Beard Rice) · O. sativa (Burgundy Rice) · O. sativa rufipogon (Common Wild Rice)
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Further Reading
- Industrial reliance on biodiversity. WCMC Biodiversity Series 7 WCMC url p. 79.
- Technologies to maintain biological diversity. Washington, D.C.: Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment: [1987] url p. 53.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 03, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 16, 2008:
- Bioversity International: The System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5416660
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15764977
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:55046-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 26070
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2161698
