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Oryza longiglumis Jansen
Distribution
Spikelet
Habitat
Habitat
Explanations
- Genome designation
- HHJJ
- Chromosome number
- Tetraploid, 2n=48
- Distribution
- Southern New Guinea
- Key characteristics
- Flexuous sterile lemma as long or longer than spikelet, spikelet 7-8mm long and 1.8-2.2mm wide with trichomes in rows down its length. Palea and lemma papery. Awn about 1cm. Usually 1-2m tall
- Habitat
- Always in shaded forest habitats close to swamps or rivers that may seasonally inundate the forest floor. Perennial occurs as scattered plants in the forest.
- Potentially useful traits
- Shade tolerance
- Notes
- Very closely related to O. ridleyi.
- References
- Naredo, M.E.B., A.B. Juliano, B.R. Lu and M.T. Jackson. 2003. The taxonomic status of the wild rice species Oryza ridleyi Hook. f. and O. longiglumis Jansen (Ser. Ridleyanae Sharma et Shastry) from Southeast Asia. Genet. Resour. Crop Evol. 50: 477-488
