Hygroryza

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Hygroryza
Hygroryza aristata - NBGB - IMG 4392.JPG
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Oryzoideae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Subtribe: Zizaniinae
Genus: Hygroryza
Nees
Species:
H. aristata
Binomial name
Hygroryza aristata
(Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn.
Synonyms [1]
  • HygrorhizaNees, alternate spelling
  • PotamochloaGriff.
  • Pharus aristatusRetz.
  • Leersia aristata(Retz.) Roxb.
  • Zizania retziiSpreng.
  • Zizania aristata(Retz.) Kunth
  • Potamochloa retziiGriff.
  • Potamochloa aristata(Roxb.) McClell.
  • Pharus natansRussell ex Steud.

Hygroryza (watergrass) [2] is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family. [3] [4] [5] [6] 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

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References

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  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. "Hygroryza Nees". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  6. "Hygroryza aristata in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  7. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hygroryza aristata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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