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Asian Rice
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Grasses & bamboos

Asian Rice

Oryza sativa L.

Names

EnglishAsian Rice
Dutch—
SpanishArroz
Chinese稻
Sranan Tongoaleisi
Sranan Tongopadi
Scientific nameOryza sativa L.

About this species

Oryza sativa, having the common name Asian cultivated rice, is the much more common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species being O. glaberrima, African rice. It was first domesticated in the Yangtze River basin in China 13,500 to 8,200 years ago.

Oryza sativa belongs to the genus Oryza and the BOP clade in the grass family Poaceae. With a genome consisting of 430 Mbp across 12 chromosomes, it is renowned for being easy to genetically modify and is a model organism for the study of the biology of cereals and monocots.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusOryza

In Suriname

336Records in Suriname
1823First record
2016Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini132
  • Brokopondo3
  • Commewijne3
  • Nickerie3
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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