Oryza sativa

species of plant (for the food see Q5090)
Taxon taxon Q161426
Oryza sativa
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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]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [49] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [52] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [50] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [51] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . keio-kampo.jp. keio-kampo.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . keio-kampo.jp. keio-kampo.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  47. [45] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  48. [46] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  49. [47] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  50. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → rice
    Different from → rice
    Taxon range → Beijing, People's Republic of China, Shanghai +4
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