Oryzeae
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Oryzeae is a tribe
Tribe (biology)
In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank between family and genus. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes.Some examples include the tribes: Canini, Acalypheae, Hominini, Bombini, and Antidesmeae.-See also:* Biological classification* Rank...

 of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the grass family, Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

. It contains 12 genera, including both cultivated rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 (Oryza
Oryza
Oryza is a genus of seven to twenty species of grasses in the tribe Oryzeae, within the subfamily Bambusoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Northern Australia and Africa...

) and wild rice
Wild rice
Wild rice is four species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and China...

 (Zizania).

Genera

  • Chikusichloa
    Chikusichloa
    Chikusichloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.- External links :*...

    Koidz.
  • Hygroryza
    Hygroryza
    Hygroryza is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.- External links :*...

    Nees
    Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
    Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species...

  • Leersia
    Leersia
    Leersia is a genus of true grasses which includes species known generally as cutgrasses. There are about 17 species native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the Americas and Eurasia...

    Sw.
    Olof Swartz
    Olof Peter Swartz was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for his taxonomic work and studies into pteridophytes...

  • Luziola
    Luziola
    Luziola is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.-External links:*...

    Juss.
    Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
    Antoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.-Life:...

  • Maltebrunia
    Maltebrunia
    Maltebrunia is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.-External links:*...

    Kunth
    Carl Sigismund Kunth
    Carl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...

  • Oryza
    Oryza
    Oryza is a genus of seven to twenty species of grasses in the tribe Oryzeae, within the subfamily Bambusoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Northern Australia and Africa...

    L.
  • Porteresia
    Porteresia
    Porteresia is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.- External links :*...

    Tateoka
  • Potamophila
    Potamophila
    Potamophila is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.- External links :*...

    R.Br.
    Robert Brown (botanist)
    Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...

  • Prosphytochloa
    Prosphytochloa
    Prosphytochloa is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.- External links :*...

    Schweick.
  • Rhynchoryza
    Rhynchoryza
    Rhynchoryza is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.-External links:*...

    Baill.
    Henri Ernest Baillon
    Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...

  • Zizania
    Wild rice
    Wild rice is four species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and China...

    L.
  • Zizaniopsis
    Zizaniopsis
    Zizaniopsis is a genus of grass in the Poaceae family.-External links:*...

    Doll & Asch.
    Paul Friedrich August Ascherson
    Paul Friedrich August Ascherson was a German botanist. His author citation is Asch., although Aschers. has been used in the past....

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