New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Zizania

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Last Modified 04/03/2013

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Nomenclature

Zizania Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 991. 1753.

List of Zizania Species

Zizania aquatica Zizania palustris

References to Zizania

  • Aiken, S. G. 1986. The distinct morpholoy and germination of the grains of two species of Wild Rice (Zizania, Poaceae). Canad. Field-Naturalist 100: 237-240.
  • Chambliss, C. E. 1940. The botany and history of Zizania aquatica L. (Wild Rice). J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 185-205.
  • Dore, W. G. 1969. Wild Rice. Can. Dep. Agric. Res. Publ. 1393: 1-84.
  • Duvall, M. R.; Biesboer, D. D. 1988. Nonreciprocal hybridization failure in crosses between annual wild-rice species (Zizania palustris x Z. aquatica: Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 13: 229-334.
  • Fassett, N. C. 1924. A study of the genus Zizania. Rhodora 26: 153-160.
  • Ferren, W. R.; Good, R. E. 1977. Habitat, morphology and phenology of southern wild rice (Zizania aquatica L.) from the Wading River in New Jersey. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 392-396.
  • Moyle, J. B. 1945. Some chemical factors influencing the distribution of aquatic plants in Minnesota. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 402-420.
  • Simpson, G. M. 1966. A study of germination in the seed of wild rice (Zizania aquatica). Canad. J. Bot. 44: 1-9.
  • Terrell, E. E. et.al. 1997. Taxonomy of North American species of Ziziana (Poaceae). Sida 17: 533-549.
  • Warwick, S. I. 1986. Electrophoretic evidence for the recognition of two species in annual Wild Rice (Zizania, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 11: 464-473.
  • Zaitchik, B. F.; Leroux, L. G.; Kellogg, E. A. 2000. Development of male flowers in Zizania aquatica (North American wild-rice: Gramineae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 161: 345-351.