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Taxon:  Oryza schweinfurthiana Prodoehl



Summary
Genus:
Oryza
Section:
Oryza
Series:
Latifoliae
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Oryzoideae
Tribe:
Oryzeae
Subtribe:
Oryzinae
Nomen number:
434958
Place of publication:
Bot. Arch. 1:231. 1922
Comment:
this name applies to tetraploids usually recognized as O. punctata
Verified:
04/03/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
25 (25  active, 25  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Bao, Y. et al. 2005. Identification of genomic constitutions of Oryza species with the B and C genomes by the PCR-RFLP method. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 52:69-76. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722 Note: this study evaluates genomic constitution of accessions of the Oryza officinalis complex; comments on 4x African accessions were BC-genome carriers, mentioning its recognition as a different species from O. punctata
  2. Sharma, S. D. 2003. Species of genus Oryza and their interrelationships. Monograph on Genus Oryza 36-37, 87, 101.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCongo  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Chad
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
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