Oryzopsis
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Oryzopsis is a genus of grass
from the family Poaceae
. Species from this genus are commonly called ricegrass.
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
from the 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...
. Species from this genus are commonly called ricegrass.
Species of Oryzopsis
There are about 40 species of Oryzopsis, including:- Oryzopsis aequiglumis
- Oryzopsis alpestris
- Oryzopsis angustifolia
- Oryzopsis asperifolia – roughleaf ricegrass (North America)
- Oryzopsis barbellata
- Oryzopsis blancheana
- Oryzopsis canadensis
- Oryzopsis chinensis
- Oryzopsis contracta
- Oryzopsis exigua
- Oryzopsis ferganensis
- Oryzopsis gracilis
- Oryzopsis hendersonii
- Oryzopsis henryi
- Oryzopsis hilariae
- Oryzopsis holciformis
- Oryzopsis hymenoides
- Oryzopsis lateralis
- Oryzopsis latifolia
- Oryzopsis micrantha
- Oryzopsis miliacea
- Oryzopsis molinioides
- Oryzopsis munroi
- Oryzopsis obtusa
- Oryzopsis pamiralaica
- Oryzopsis paradoxa
- Oryzopsis platyantha
- Oryzopsis pungens
- Oryzopsis purpurascens
- Oryzopsis racemosa
- Oryzopsis rechingeri
- Oryzopsis sogdiana
- Oryzopsis songarica' '
- Oryzopsis sphacelata
- Oryzopsis swallenii
- Oryzopsis tibetica
- Oryzopsis vavilovii
- Oryzopsis vicaria
- Oryzopsis virescens
- Oryzopsis webberi