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The species most commonly harvested as grain are the annual species: Zizania palustris and Zizania aquatica. The former, though now domesticated and grown commercially, is still often gathered from lakes in the traditional manner, especially by indigenous peoples in North America; the latter was also used extensively in the past. [ 11 ]
Claviceps zizaniae is a plant pathogen that causes ergot in the wild rice species Zizania aquatica and Z. palustris.Originally described in 1920 as Spermoedia zizaniae by Faith Fyles, [2] it was transferred to Claviceps in 1959 by Maria E. Pantidou. [3]
common pagoda bush Proteaceae (protea family) Persoonia: geebungs; Persoonia levis: smooth geebung; broad-leaved geebung Proteaceae (protea family) Persoonia linearis: narrow-leaved geebung; geebung pine Proteaceae (protea family) Protea: protea trees and shrubs; Protea afra: common protea Proteaceae (protea family) Protea cynaroides: king protea
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]
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.
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]
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The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico.