Oryza brachyantha explained

Oryza brachyantha is a grass in the rice genus Oryza, distantly related to cultivated rice O. sativa, and native to tropical Africa. It is an annual grass that grows as a tuft.^[1]

The genome of O. brachyantha has been sequenced.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rice Knowledge Bank, Wild Rice Taxonomic information, entry for Oryza brachyantha . 2 February 2015 .
2. 10.1038/ncomms2596. Whole-genome sequencing of Oryza brachyantha reveals mechanisms underlying Oryza genome evolution. Nature Communications. 4. 1595. 2013. Chen . J. . Huang . Q. . Gao . D. . Wang . J. . Lang . Y. . Liu . T. . Li . B. . Bai . Z. . Luis Goicoechea . J. . Liang . C. . Chen . C. . Zhang . W. . Sun . S. . Liao . Y. . Zhang . X. . Yang . L. . Song . C. . Wang . M. . Shi . J. . Liu . G. . Liu . J. . Zhou . H. . Zhou . W. . Yu . Q. . An . N. . Chen . Y. . Cai . Q. . Wang . B. . Liu . B. . Min . J. . 29 . 23481403 . 3615480. 2013NatCo...4.1595C.