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Oryza australiensis
Oryza australiensis is a wild rice species native to monsoonal northern Australia. Also known as Australian rice or Australian Wild Rice, it is a perennial plant that uses the C3 photosynthesis pathway. O. australiensis is unique among other Oryza for its resistance to abiotic stresses, particularly from heat, and having the largest genome in the genus.
O. australiensis is a wild relative of other rice species and endemic to the tropical regions of northern Australia. Three other wild Oryza species are distributed across and endemic to northern Australia. Within northern Australia, it is found in wet areas near or on the edge of fresh water. It grows in the open in black, clay, or red loam soil.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oryza australiensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
