Oryza L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 333 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eswatini, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Arkansas, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, California, Chile Central, Comoros, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, France, Georgia, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krym, Louisiana, Manchuria, Mauritius, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., North Carolina, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Palestine, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Virginia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Yemen

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 155 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 333 (1753)
  • Tateoka in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 76: 165 (1963).

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 155 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 333 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 155 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 333 (1753)
  • Tateoka in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 76: 165 (1963)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2014 Hamilton, W.D. [14] Brazil K001055114 Yes
May 27, 1981 Lowe, J. [4150] Brazil K001055115 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Prance, G.T.; Maas, P.J.M.; Kubitzki, K.; Steward, W.C.; Ramos, J.F.; Pinheiro, W.S.; Lima, J.F. [11991] Brazil K001055116 Yes
Sep 9, 1961 Silva, A. [295] Brazil K001055113 Yes
Wallich [8633] India K000032072 Type Yes
CEPLAC [0] Brazil K000001132 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8633] Bangladesh K001131039 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brihante de Medeiros, M.; Amaral-Santos, A.; de Bem Bianchetti, L.; Ferreira Gomes, V. [MBM 739] Brazil K009000185 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8634] India K001131041 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [7062] India K000032073 Type Yes
Songkran/DAVaughan [086/88/TNE135] Thailand K000682226 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8634] India K001131043 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva [8633] India K000032074 Type Yes
Prance, G.T.; Lleras, E.; Steward, W.C.; Ongley, J.C.; Coelho, D.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Lima, J.F. [16830] Brazil K001055112 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8634] India K001131045 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wadhwa, B.M.; Weerasooriya, A.; Samarasinghe, D. [617] Sri Lanka K002999196 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8634] Nepal K001131042 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 8635] Burma K001131046 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8634] K001131044 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8633] K001131040 Unknown Type Material No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0