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Oryzopsis
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Oryzopsis

Oryzopsis is a genus of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family. Species from this genus are commonly called ricegrass.

The name alludes to the resemblance between this genus and true rice, Oryza.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

White-grained Mountain-ricegrass

speciesOryzopsis asperifolia

Oryzopsis virescens

speciesOryzopsis virescens

Oryzopsis paradoxa

speciesOryzopsis paradoxa

Oryzopsis chinensis

speciesOryzopsis chinensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129484.