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'''Thornton-le-Moors''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Chester (district)|Chester District]], [[Cheshire]], England ({{gbmapping|SJ442745}}). |
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae |
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] |
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| classis = [[Liliopsida]] |
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| ordo = [[Poales]] |
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| familia = [[Poaceae]] |
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| subfamilia = [[Bambusoideae]] |
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| group= [[Oryzoideae]] |
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| tribus = [[Oryzeae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Oryza]]'' |
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| species = '''''O. glaberrima''''' |
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| binomial = ''Oryza glaberrima'' |
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| binomial_authority = [[Steud.]] |
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It is situated to the south of the [[A5117 road]]. To the north of the village is the [[Stanlow Refinery]]. |
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'''''Oryza glaberrima''''', commonly known as '''African rice''', is one of two species of [[rice]] in the [[Poaceae]]. African rice is lesser known than the more common species of rice ''[[Oryza sativa]]''. African rice is believed to have been domesticated 2,000-3,000 years ago in the Inland delta of the Upper [[Niger river]], in what is today the country of [[Mali]]. |
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[[St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors]] is a Grade I listed building. |
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==See also== |
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*[[New Rice for Africa]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.pnas.org/content/99/25/16360.full African rice (Oryza glaberrima): History and future potential] |
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*[http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep252005/955.pdf Oryza glaberrima: A source for the improvement of Oryza sativa] |
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*[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071128-rice-origins_2.html Carolina Gold] |
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[[Category:Civil Parishes in Chester, Cheshire]] |
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Revision as of 16:21, 13 October 2008
Thornton-le-Moors is a village and civil parish in Chester District, Cheshire, England (grid reference SJ442745).
It is situated to the south of the A5117 road. To the north of the village is the Stanlow Refinery.
St Mary's Church, Thornton-le-Moors is a Grade I listed building.
53°15′54″N 2°50′17″W / 53.265°N 2.838°W
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