Hygroryza

Hygroryza
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Genus: Hygroryza
Nees
Species: H. aristata
Binomial name
Hygroryza aristata
(Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hygrorhiza Nees, alternate spelling
  • Potamochloa Griff.
  • Pharus aristatus Retz.
  • Leersia aristata (Retz.) Roxb.
  • Zizania retzii Spreng.
  • Zizania aristata (Retz.) Kunth
  • Potamochloa retzii Griff.
  • Potamochloa aristata (Roxb.) McClell.
  • Pharus natans Russell ex Steud.
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Hygroryza (watergrass)[2] is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6]

Species

The only known species is Hygroryza aristata, (Asian watergrass)[7] native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodia, India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, etc.), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.[1][8]

formerly included[1]

Hygroryza ciliata - Leersia hexandra

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Hygroryza". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1833. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 15: 380-381 in Latin
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Hygroryza Nees
  6. ↑ Flora of Pakistan
  7. ↑ "Hygroryza aristata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 186 水禾 shui he Hygroryza aristata (Retzius) Nees, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 15: 380. 1833


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