Taxon: Zizania palustris L. var. interior (Fassett) Dore

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• Zizania palustris (no accessions)
• Zizania palustris var. palustris (no accessions)

Common names:

• interior wild rice   (Source: Wild rice in Canada) – English
  
• interior zizania   (Source: Wild rice in Canada) – English
  

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.w. (native?)]
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba [s.e.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Michigan [s.], New York, Ohio [n.], Pennsylvania [n.e.], Vermont [w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas [e.], Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas [n.]

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Quebec

References:

• Aiken, S. G. et al. 1988. Wild rice in Canada. 34.
• Dore, W. G. & J. McNeill. 1980. Grasses of Ontario. Research Branch Agriculture Canada Monograph 26.
• Duvall, M. R. 1987. A systematic evaluation of the genus Zizania (Poaceae). Unpublished dissertation (University Minnesota).
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1997. Taxonomy of North American species of Zizania (Poaceae). Sida 17:542.
• Warwick, S. I. & S. G. Aiken. 1986. Electrophoretic evidence for the recognition of two species in annual wild rice (Zizania, Poaceae). Syst. Bot. 11:464–473.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Zizania aquatica var. interior Fassett (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Zizania palustris L. var. interior (Fassett) Dore:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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