Porteresia

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Porteresia
Scientific classification
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Porteresia

Species:
P. coarctata
Binomial name
Porteresia coarctata
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Indoryza coarctata (Roxb.) A.N.Henry & B.Roy
  • Oryza coarctata Roxb.
  • Oryza triticoides Griff.
  • Sclerophyllum coarctatum (Roxb.) Griff.

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Porteresia coarctata is a species of grass in the Poaceae family, native to India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.[3]

Porteresia coarctata is considered by some botanists to be the only species in the genus Porteresia. Other authors maintain instead that it should belong in the rice genus Oryza,[3] as Oryza coarctata Roxb.[4] It is a form of wild rice that grows in saline estuaries in Bangladesh and is harvested and eaten as a delicacy.[5] The plant is salt-tolerant, and is seen as a possibly important source of salt-tolerance genes for transfer to other rice species.[6][7] It is closely related to Oryza australiensis.[8]

References

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  3. 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Oryza
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