Oryza coarctata, synonym Porteresia coarctata, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.[1] It is a perennial species that shows substantial underground rhizomatous growth. The rhizome tissues give out aerial shoots in a favourable season.[2]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Oryza |
Species: |
O. coarctata
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Binomial name | |
Oryza coarctata | |
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Oryza coarctata is a form of wild rice that grows in saline estuaries and is harvested and eaten as a delicacy.[3] The plant is salt-tolerant, and is seen as a possibly important source of salt-tolerance genes for transfer to other rice species.[4][5] It is closely related to Oryza australiensis.[6] The leaves of this species secrete salt through special microhair like structures that have three morphotypes, and a method to isolate these structures has been developed.[7]
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