Oryza brachyantha

Oryza brachyantha is a grass in the rice genus Oryza, distantly related to cultivated rice O. sativa, and native to tropical Africa.^[2] It is an annual grass that grows as a tuft.^[3]

Oryza brachyantha
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Oryza
Species:	O. brachyantha
Binomial name
Oryza brachyantha A.Chev. & Roehr.
Synonyms
Oryza brachyantha var. guineensis A.Chev. Oryza guineensis A.Chev.

The genome of O. brachyantha has been sequenced.^[4]