Oryza grandiglumis
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| Oryza grandiglumis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Oryza |
| Species: | O. grandiglumis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oryza grandiglumis | |
Oryza grandiglumis is a type of wild rice of the genus Oryza[1] found in tropical countries of South- and Central- America,[2]: 6 namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Venezuela, and Peru. Studied in 1998 in Caño Negro, in northern Costa Rica, it is an annual plant with short rhizomes; its culms can reach 790 centimetres (311 in) and are 4–9 millimetres (5⁄32–23⁄64 in) in thickness.[3] They have developed aerenchyma which allows them to float.[4]