Echinochloa colona

Echinochloa colona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Echinochloa
Species:
E. colonum
Binomial name
Echinochloa colonum
Synonyms
  • Panicum colonum L.
  • Echinochloa colona (L.) Link (lapsus)
  • Echinochloa equitans (Hochst ex A. Rich.) Hubb. ex Troup.
  • Echinochloa zonalis (Guss.) Parl.
  • Milium colonum (L.) Moench
  • Oplismenus clonus (L.) Kunth
  • Oplismenus muticus Philippi
  • Oplismenus repens J. Presl
  • Panicum equitans Hochst. ex A. Rich.
  • Panicum incertum Bosc ex Steud.
  • Panicum musei Steud.
  • Panicum prorepens Steud.
  • Panicum zonale Guss.

Echinochloa colonum, commonly known as jungle rice, wild rice, deccan grass, jharua or awnless barnyard grass,[1] is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of Panicum. It is the wild ancestor of the cultivated cereal crop Echinochloa frumentacea, sawa millet.[2] Some taxonomists treat the two taxa as one species, in which case the domesticated forms may also be referred to as E. colonum.

  1. ^ "Echinochloa colonum (junglerice)". Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ Hilu, Khidir W. (1994). "Evidence from RAPD markers in the evolution of Echinochloa millets (Poaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 189 (3): 247–257. Bibcode:1994PSyEv.189..247H. doi:10.1007/BF00939730. S2CID 33838562.