Description
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Robust perennial growing from long creeping rhizomes, up to 2.5 m. Submerged parts whitish, developing aerial roots from the nodes. Leaves linear-lanceolate, up to 75 cm long. Inflorescence a narrow panicle, up to 40 cm long. Spikelets 7-15 mm long, excluding awn, elliptic-oblong.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oryza longistaminata A. Chev. & Roehr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103440
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oryza longistaminata A. Chev. & Roehr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103440
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oryza longistaminata A. Chev. & Roehr. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=103440
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Oryza longistaminata: Brief Summary
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Oryza longistaminata is a perennial species of grass from the same genus as cultivated rice (O. sativa). It is native to most of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It has been introduced into the United States, where it is often regarded as a noxious weed. Its common names are longstamen rice and red rice.
The host resistance gene, Xa21, from O. longistaminata, has been integrated into the genome of O. sativa as it confers broad resistance to rice blight disease caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae.
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