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Brownbeard rice
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Grasses & bamboos

Brownbeard rice

Oryza rufipogon Griff.

LC Least ConcernIntroduced by people

Names

EnglishBrownbeard rice
Dutch—
SpanishArroz colorado
Chinese野生稻
Scientific nameOryza rufipogon Griff.

About this species

Oryza rufipogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is known as brownbeard rice, wild rice, and red rice. In 1965, Oryza nivara was separated off from O. rufipogon. The separation has been questioned, and now many sources consider O. nivara to be a synonym of O. rufipogon. O. nivara may be treated as the annual form of O. rufipogon.

It is native to East-, Southeast- and South- Asia. It has a close evolutionary relation to Oryza sativa, the plant grown as a major rice food crop throughout the world. Oryza nivara is a possible wild progenitor of cultivated rice. Both have an AA genome.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusOryza

In Suriname

37Records in Suriname
1842First record
2018Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Nickerie7
  • Para4
  • Commewijne1

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

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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