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Life → Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. Explore the principal ranks; intermediate clades remain in Advanced classification.

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NCBI Taxonomy · November 5, 2026. Missing ranks leave empty columns. Animalia is the recorded synonym of Metazoa; green plants use Viridiplantae. Full source ancestry is available in Advanced classification.

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Oryza sativa

Species

Asian cultivated rice

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  1. LifeLife
  2. DomainEukaryota
  3. KingdomViridiplantae
  4. PhylumStreptophyta
  5. ClassMagnoliopsida
  6. OrderPoales
  7. FamilyPoaceae
  8. GenusOryza
  9. SpeciesOryza sativa
Advanced classification

Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

  1. cellular organisms cellular root
  2. Eukaryota domain
  3. Viridiplantae kingdom
  4. Streptophyta phylum
  5. Streptophytina subphylum
  6. Embryophyta clade
  7. Tracheophyta clade
  8. Euphyllophyta clade
  9. Spermatophyta clade
  10. Magnoliopsida class
  11. Mesangiospermae clade
  12. Liliopsida clade
  13. Petrosaviidae subclass
  14. commelinids clade
  15. Poales order
  16. Poaceae family
  17. BOP clade clade
  18. Oryzoideae subfamily
  19. Oryzeae tribe
  20. Oryzinae subtribe
  21. Oryza genus
  22. Oryza sativa species

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