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Zizania latifolia, known as Manchurian wild rice [5] (Chinese: 菰; pinyin: gū), is the only member of the wild rice genus Zizania native to Asia. It is used as a food plant. Both the stem and grain are edible. Gathered in the wild, Manchurian wild rice was an important grain in ancient China.
Wild rice, also called manoomin, mnomen, Psíŋ, Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus Zizania, and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically and is still gathered and eaten in North America and, to a lesser extent, China , [ 2 ] where the plant's stem is used ...
Range of Zizania texana. Zizania texana is a rare species of grass known by the common name Texas wild rice. It is endemic to Texas, where it is found only on the upper San Marcos River in Hays County. It is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Rice can come in many shapes, colours and sizes. This is a list of rice cultivars, also known as rice varieties.There are several species of grain called rice. [1] Asian rice (Oryza sativa) is most widely known and most widely grown, with two major subspecies (indica and japonica) and over 40,000 varieties. [2]
This article is a list of diseases of cultivated wild rice (Zizania palustris). Fungal Brown Spot is the only significant commercial disease of cultivated wild rice. It is found mostly in the cultivated wild rice fields of Minnesota.
This species is pathogenic as well, attacking Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), also known as Manchurian ricegrass, Asian wild rice, [2] and wateroat. [3] This grass is its only known host. [4] Zizania latifolia is grown as an agricultural crop across Asia. The success of the crop depends on the smut fungus.
Zizaniopsis miliacea is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. [2] It is known by the common names giant cutgrass, water millet, and southern wildrice.The name giant cutgrass refers to the plant's large, rough-edged leaves, and the name southern wildrice refers to its resemblance to wildrice (Zizania spp.). [3]
Wild rice (state grain) Zizania aquatica: 1977 [5] Missouri: Big bluestem: Andropogon gerardii: 2007 [6] Montana: Bluebunch wheatgrass: Agropyron spicatum: 1973 [7] Nebraska: Little bluestem: Schizachyrium scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) 1969 [8] Nevada: Indian ricegrass: Oryzopsis hymenoides: 1977 [9] New Mexico: Blue grama: Bouteloua ...