Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

S. D. Sharma ¹, S. V. S. Shastry ¹

Affiliations
1 Division of Botany, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-12, IN

Abstract

The combination Sclerophyllum coarctatum (Roxb.) Griff. is invoked for the plants that have generally been known as Oryza coarctata Roxb. It is shown that the characters of Sclerophyllum Griff. generally Tall beyond the range of variation available in genus Oryza L. and hence the justification of separation.

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S. D. Sharma ¹, S. V. S. Shastry ¹

Affiliations
1 Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Division of Botany, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

Wild rices of Asia have been variously referred to by different workers as Oryza perennis, O. fatua, Oerufipogon, O. sativa var. fatua, O. saliva L. f. spontanea, O. balunga, O. formosana etc. Validity of each of these names and their application to the taxa are discussed and it is concluded that (i) the name O. perennis is to be discarded, (ii) valid name for perennial wild rice of Asia is O. rufipogon and (iii) annual wild rice of Asia lacks a valid name.

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