| Oryza coarctata | |
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Scientific classification 
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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, 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]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Oryza coarctata Roxb." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ Jagtap, T.G., Bhosale, S. and Charulata, S., 2006. Characterization of Porteresia coarctata beds along the Goa coast, India. Aquatic Botany, 84(1), pp.37-44.
- ^ Kabir, SM Humayun (2012). "Rice". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Sengupta, S.; Majumder, A. L. (2010). "Porteresia coarctata (Roxb.) Tateoka, a wild rice: A potential model for studying salt-stress biology in rice". Plant, Cell & Environment. 33 (4): 526–542. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02054.x. PMID 19843254.
- ^ Flowers, T. J.; Flowers, S. A.; Hajibagheri, M. A.; Yeo, A. R. (April 1990). "Salt Tolerance in the Halophytic Wild Rice, Porteresia coarctata Tateoka". The New Phytologist. 114 (4): 675–684. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1990.tb00439.x. JSTOR 2556839.
- ^ Rangan, L.; Sankararamasubramanian, H. M.; Radha, R.; Swaminathan, M. S. (2002). "Genetic relationship of Porteresia coarctata Tateoka using molecular markers". Plant Biosystems. 136 (3): 339–348. Bibcode:2002PBios.136..339R. doi:10.1080/11263500212331351239. S2CID 84612331.
- ^ Rajakani, Raja; Sellamuthu, Gothandapani; Saravanakumar, V.; Kannappan, S.; Shabala, Lana; Meinke, Holger; Chen, Zhonghua; Zhou, Meixue; Parida, Ajay; Shabala, Sergey & Venkataraman, Gayatri (2019). "Microhair on the adaxial leaf surface of salt secreting halophytic Oryza coarctata Roxb. show distinct morphotypes: Isolation for molecular and functional analysis". Plant Science. 285: 248–257. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.05.004. PMID 31203890. S2CID 164424933.
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