Oryza sativa
species of plant (for the food see Q5090)
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Summary
Oryza sativa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.58% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,212 views/month, #1,133 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Oryza[4]
- Taxon name: Oryza sativa[5]
- Subclass of: useful plant[6]
- Has use: cereal[7], medicinal plant[8], dye[9], building material[10], fiber[11], veterinary drug[12], fodder[13], rice[14]
- Commons category: Oryza sativa[15]
- Said to be the same as: rice[16]
- Unicode character: 🌾[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Oryza sativa[18]
- Commons gallery: Rice[19]
- External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[20]
- Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(2)[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[24]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=26077[25]
- This taxon is source of: rice[26], Saccharum Granorum[27], Japonica rice[28], rice bran oil[29], rice seed oil[30], rice germ[31], rice germ oil[32]
- Short name: O. sativa[33]
- Taxon common name: rice[34], 稻[35], rýže setá[36], അരി[37], 糯[38], 粳[39], 稻草[40], 陈仓米[41], 粳米[42], 米露[43], 糯稻根[44], 糯米[45], 籼米[46], 稻芽[47]
- Different from: rice[48]
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Identifiers
Oryza sativa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4530[49]. Oryza sativa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1115098[50]. Oryza sativa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2703459[51]. Oryza sativa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 41976[52].
Why It Matters
Oryza sativa has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]