Contracted Ricegrass

(Oryzopsis contracta)

Description

Oryzopsis contracta is a grass species first described by Bertil Lennart Johnson,and became known as Rudolf Schlechter.Oryzopsis contracta is part of the genus Oryzopsis and the family grass.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order:Poales

Family:Poaceae

Genus:Oryzopsis

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