Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MG123 : Oryza rufipogon Griff.

Plant Category : Grasses

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Oryza perennis Moench.; Oryza fatua J. Koenig ex Trin., nom. nud. Oryza sativa L. var. fatua Prain.; Oryza aquatica Roshev., no Latin descr.; Oryza cubensis Ekman ex K.Gotoh & Okura, nom. nud.; Oryza fatua J.Koenig ex Trin., nom. nud.; Oryza fatua var. longe-aristata Ridl., species not validly publ.; Oryza glumipatula Steud.; Oryza jeyporensis Govindasw. & K.H.Krishnam., no Latin descr.; Oryza meridionalis N.Q.Ng.; Oryza nivara S.D.Sharma & Shastry.; Oryza paraguayensis Franch., pro syn.; Oryza perennis var. glumipatula (Steud.) C.Chev.; Oryza perennis var. paragayensis A.Chev.; Oryza sativa subsp. fatua (Prain) De Wet; Oryza sativa subsp. rufipogon (Griff.) De Wet.; Oryza sativa var. abuensis Watt.; Oryza sativa var. bengalensis Watt.; Oryza sativa var. coarctata Watt.; Oryza sativa var. paraguayensis Franch., nom. illeg.; Oryza sativa var. sundensis Körn.;

Plant Common Name : brownbeard rice, wild rice, red rice,

Plant Family : Poaceae / Gramineae

Description : Annuals. Culms to 80 cm high, erect, tufted; nodes glabrous. Leaves 15-35 x 0.8-1.2 cm, linear-lanceolate, base rounded, apex acuminate; sheaths to 20 cm long, keeled; ligules 0.5-1.5 cm long, ovate, membranous. Panicles 12-25 cm long, lax. Glumes 2-3 mm long, ovate, unequal. Lemmas 8-10 mm long, ovate-oblong, laterally compressed, 3-nerved, awned; awns 5-10 mm long. Palea 6-10 mm long, oblong. Stamens 6: anthers 2-3 mm long , yellow. Stigmas cream-coloured. Grains 5-6 mm long, elliptic.

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Plant's Current Status : Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D., "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra", Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, ISSN2249: 9598,(2014) Volume IV, Issue II, pp. 155 to 165 - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243189

Reference : ~ Kokate, U.R. and Muratkar, G.D.; "Study of the effect of invasive species on the development of grass meadows of Melghat Tiger Reserve, Amravati Maharashtra"; Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2014); 4(2): 155-165 PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Subclass : Commelinidae
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Oryza L. - rice
Species : Oryza rufipogon Griffiths - brownbread rice

Oryza rufipogon Griffiths - brownbread rice
Oryza rufipogon Griffiths - brownbread rice