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Accession Data:

Oryza glaberrima Steud.

  • Common Name: African Rice
  • Family: Poaceae Barnh.

  • Country of Origin: W. Trop. Africa to Chad

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500064
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Provenance: ex USDA PI#369447
  • Accession Date: 05-29-2015
  • Bench: 1117 - AFR:South Tanks E
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Poaceae
  • SubFamily: Oryzoideae
  • Tribe: Oryzeae
  • SubTribe: Oryzinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • Edible Grains
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Burkina / Gambia, The / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Mali / Niger / Senegal / Togo / Cameroon / Chad /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 30 May 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 30 May 2015.
  3. Oryza glaberrima at Wikipedia. Accessed 30 May 2015.
  4. Oryza glaberrima at Wikispecies. Accessed 29 July 2015.

data regenerated on Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:28:25 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
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