Oryza brachyantha
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Oryza brachyantha is a grass in the rice genus Oryza, distantly related to cultivated rice O. sativa, and native to tropical Africa.[1] It is an annual grass that grows as a tuft.[2]
Recently, the genome of O. brachyantha was sequenced.[3]
References
- ^ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ "Rice Knowledge Bank, Wild Rice Taxonomic information, entry for Oryza brachyantha". Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Chen, J.; Huang, Q.; Gao, D.; Wang, J.; Lang, Y.; Liu, T.; Li, B.; Bai, Z.; Luis Goicoechea, J.; Liang, C.; Chen, C.; Zhang, W.; Sun, S.; Liao, Y.; Zhang, X.; Yang, L.; Song, C.; Wang, M.; Shi, J.; Liu, G.; Liu, J.; Zhou, H.; Zhou, W.; Yu, Q.; An, N.; Chen, Y.; Cai, Q.; Wang, B.; Liu, B.; et al. (2013). "Whole-genome sequencing of Oryza brachyantha reveals mechanisms underlying Oryza genome evolution". Nature Communications. 4: 1595. doi:10.1038/ncomms2596.