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Oryza longistaminata
Also called Red Rice, Rice Grass, Wild Rice
Longstamen rice is a perennial wild grass in the rice genus, native to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, valued mainly as a source of disease-resistance genes for cultivated rice. It is rarely grown as a garden plant and is regarded as a noxious weed in parts of the United States.
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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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
