Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oryza rufipogon Griff. [Poaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
red rice	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild rice	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oryza nivara S.D.Sharma & Shastry Indian J. Genet. Pl. Breed. 25: 161 (1965).
Oryza cubensis Ekman ex K.Gotoh & Okura J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 5: 363 (1933), nom. nud.
Oryza fatua J.Koenig ex Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 5: 252 (1925).
Oryza fatua (Prain) Zhuk. Kult. Rast. Sorod.: 133 (1950), nom. illeg.
Oryza fatua f. aquatica (Roshev.) Roshev. Zlaki: 214 (1937).
Oryza fatua var. longe-aristata Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 5: 252 (1925).
Oryza glumipatula Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 3 (1853).
Oryza jeyporensis Govindasw. & K.H.Krishnam. Sci. & Cult. 24: 236 (1958), without a Latin descr.
Oryza meridionalis N.Q.Ng Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 328 (1981).
Oryza paraguayensis Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 365 (1895), pro syn.
Oryza perennis var. glumipatula (Steud.) C.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 12: 1028 (1932).
Oryza perennis var. paragayensis A.Chev. Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 12: 1028 (1932).
Oryza sativa var. abuensis Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. India 5: 505 (1891).
Oryza sativa var. aquatica Roshev. Trudy Prikl. Bot. Selekts. 27(4): 41 (1931).
Oryza sativa var. bengalensis Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. India 5: 504 (1891).
Oryza sativa var. coarctata Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. India 5: 504 (1891).
Oryza sativa subsp. fatua (Prain) De Wet Kulturpflanze 29: 188 (1981).
Oryza sativa var. fatua Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1183 (1903).
Oryza sativa var. paraguayensis Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 2: 939 (1885).
Oryza sativa var. paraguayensis Franch. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 365 (1893), nom. illeg.
Oryza sativa var. paraguayensis Parodi Physis (Buenos Aires) 11: 244 (1933), nom. illeg.
Oryza sativa subsp. rufipogon (Griff.) De Wet Kulturpflanze 29: 188 (1981).
Oryza sativa var. rufipogon (Griff.) Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. India 5: 504 (1891).
Oryza sativa var. sundensis Körn. in F.A.Körnicke & H.Werner, Handb. Getreidebaus 2: 939 (1885).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Oryza nivara S.D. Sharma & Shastry	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Oryza rufipogon Griff.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Oryza rufipogon Griffith	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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