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Oryza sativa, having the common name Asian cultivated rice, [2] is the much more common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species being O. glaberrima, African rice. It was first domesticated in the Yangtze River basin in China 13,500 to 8,200 years ago.
Oryzoideae (syn.Ehrhartoideae) is a subfamily of the true grass family Poaceae.It has around 120 species in 19 genera, notably including the major cereal crop rice. [1] Within the grasses, this subfamily is one of three belonging to the species-rich BOP clade, which all use C 3 photosynthesis; it is the basal lineage of the clade.
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Rice plant (Oryza sativa) with branched panicles containing many grains on each stem Rice grains of different varieties at the International Rice Research Institute. Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Oryza is a genus of plants in the grass family. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It includes the major food crop rice (species Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima ). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to 1–2 metres (3–7 ft) tall; the genus includes both annual and perennial species.
Evolution of angiosperms shown in diagram format, per APG IV. The APG IV system of flowering plant classification is the fourth version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy for flowering plants (angiosperms) being developed by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG).
Oryza brachyantha (wild rice) Poaceae: Disease resistant wild relative of rice: 362 Mb: 2013 [209] Oryza glaberrima (African rice) var CG14: Poaceae: West-African species of rice: 358 Mb: 2010 [210] Oryza rufipogon (red rice) Poaceae: Ancestor to Oryza sativa: 406 Mb: 37,071: SIBS: 2012 [211] Illumina HiSeq2000 100x coverage Oryza sativa (long ...
A taxonomic system for seed plants was published in Bentham and Hooker's Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita in three volumes between 1862 and 1883. [1] [2]