Oryza sativaL.

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WFO wfo-0000882438 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Oryza sativa, photographed by rjtizard
fig. a rjtizard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 198286709
Oryza sativa, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. b Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150941747
Oryza sativa, photographed by Rejoice Gassah
fig. c Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104916070
Oryza sativa, photographed by Aitor
fig. d Aitor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102782140
Oryza sativa, photographed by Manoj Karingamadathil
fig. e Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 49041615
Oryza sativa, photographed by Kim, Hyun-tae
fig. f Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48345445
Oryza sativa, photographed by Manoj Karingamadathil
fig. g Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 47830343
Oryza sativa, photographed by Manoj Karingamadathil
fig. h Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 47822270

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Oryza sativa is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina Southeast
Native distribution of Oryza sativa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 305 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Oryza aristata Blanco
  • Oryza communissima Lour.
  • Oryza denudata (Desv.) Steud.
  • Oryza elongata (Desv.) Steud.
  • Oryza formosana Masam. & S.Suzuki
  • Oryza glutinosa Lour.
  • Oryza marginata (Desv.) Steud.
  • Oryza montana Lour.
  • Oryza mutica Steud.
  • Oryza nepalensis G.Don ex Loudon
  • Oryza palustris Salisb.
  • Oryza parviflora P.Beauv.
  • Oryza perennis Moench
  • Oryza plena (Prain) N.P.Chowdhury
  • Oryza praecox Lour.
  • Oryza pubescens (Desv.) Steud.
  • Oryza pumila Steud.
  • Oryza repens Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
  • Oryza rubribarbis (Desv.) Steud.
  • Oryza sativa f. chrysocarpa Portères
  • Oryza sativa f. spontanea Roshev.
  • Oryza sativa prol. brevijaponica Portères
  • Oryza sativa prol. nudijaponica Portères
  • Oryza sativa prol. nudindojaponica Portères

and 281 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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