Red Rice

(Oryza punctata)

Description

Oryza punctata is a grass in the rice genus Oryza, also known as red rice, related to cultivated rice O. sativa, and native to tropical Africa, southern Africa, and Madagascar. It is a weed that grows in rice fields.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order:Poales

Family:Poaceae

Genus:Oryza

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