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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MG123 : Oryza rufipogon Griff.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
Order : Cyperales
Family : Poaceae / Gramineae - Grass family
Genus : Oryza L. - rice
Species : Oryza rufipogon Griffiths - brownbread rice
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Grasses  
Plant's Current Status : Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)  
Plant Family : Gramineae  
 
Plant Common Name : brownbeard rice, wild rice, red rice,
 
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.
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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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 :