List of rice varieties

Worldwide there are 40,000 varieties of rice, species name Oryza sativa. Here are some of the common and popular varieties.

Major categories

There are four major categories of rice worldwide: Indica, japonica, aromatic and glutinous.[1]

African varieties

Australian varieties

Bangladeshi varieties

Cambodian varieties

Canadian varieties

Chinese varieties

Dominican varieties

French varieties

Indian varieties

Rice Varieties of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Rice varieties of Karnataka

Traditional Kerala rice varieties

Assamese rice varieties

Tamil Nadu rice varieties

Indonesian rice varieties/landraces

Rigg's Sundanese dictionary list 45 varieties of rice for wet field (sawah) and 150 varieties of rice for dry field.[10]

Iranian varieties

Many varieties of rice are cultivated in Iran. A few of them are listed below.

Italian varieties

Japanese varieties

Lao / Thai varieties

Pakistani varieties

Portuguese varieties

Philippine varieties

Sri Lankan varieties

Spanish varieties

Bomba Rice.

Thai varieties

United States varieties

California varieties

Carolina varieties

Louisiana varieties

Vietnamese varieties

See also

References

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