What Is The Scientific Name Of Rice? (ANSWERS)
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF RICE– In this topic, we are going to know and identify the binomial or scientific name of rice.
Also known as Asian rice, it is a grass which is known for being easy to genetically modify and a model plant for cereal biology.
The grass contains two major subspecies:
- japonica or sinica – sticky, short-grained variety
- indica rice – nonsticky, long-grained variety.
Japonica are usually cultivated in dry fields, while its non-sticky counterpart are cultivated in lowland rices,
These come in a variety of colors, among them include white, brown, black, purple, and red rices.
There is a third subspecies, which is a broad-grained variant and thrives under tropical conditions. It is now identified as tropical japonica (formerly known as javanica).
Scientific Name
The binomial name of rice is Oryza sativa.
Oryza is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae or Gramineae. Those in this genus grow as tall wetland grasses. Oryza is the Latin term for rice.
The species name sativa is a Latin botanical adjective which means cultivated. It is a feminine word of the masculine term sativus, both of which are derived from sativum.
