Hygroryza

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

Species

Hygroryza
Scientific classification
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]
  • 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.

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. 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. "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. "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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