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Oryza grandiglumis (Doell) Prod.
Distribution
Spikelet
Explanations
- Genome designation
- CCDD
- Chromosome number
- Tetraploid, 2n=48
- Distribution
- Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela
- Key characteristics
- Up to 4m tall, broad leaves (3-5 cm), pubescent ligule, sterile lemma the same length as the palea and lemma.
- Habitat
- Savannah or woodland. Grows in water at rivers edge or other wet places having clay/alluvial soils. Reported from open and shaded habitats
- Potentially useful traits
- Forage
- Notes
- While readily distinguished from O. alta and O. latifolia by its long sterile lemmas this may be just the result of a common recurring mutation that is also seen in O. sativa.
- References
- see O. latifolia
