Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Zizania L.
WILD RICE
Classification
POALES
Zizania
Citation
ZIZANIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 991. 1753.
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TYPE: Zizania aquatica Linnaeus Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 168. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Zizania aquatica ANNUAL WILD RICE; INDIAN RICE Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Ceratochaete Ceratochaete Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 214. 1915. TYPE: Ceratochaete aquatica (Linnaeus) Lunell (Zizania aquatica Linnaeus) = Zizania Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification
Fartis Fartis Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 37, 557. 1763. TYPE: = Zizania Linnaeus 1753.
Hydropyrum Hydropyrum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 252. 1827. TYPE: Hydropyrum esculentum Link, nom. illegit. (Zizania aquatica Linnaeus) = Zizania Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Melinum Melinum Link, Handbuch 1: 96, 1829, non Medikus 1791. TYPE: Melinum palustre (Linnaeus) Link (Zizania palustris Linnaeus)