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Classification
Rice belongs to family Graminae (Poaceae). There are about 24 species of genus Oryza but only two species are under cultivation viz., Oryza sativa and Oryzaglaberrima. O. sativa is most popular and grown in the most of the rice growing areas of the world, whereas O. glaberrima is mainly grown in South Africa. O. sativais further grouped into three types i.e., indica, japonica andjavanica.
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