Oryza minuta J.S. Presl. ex C.B. Presl.

Morphological characteristics

Perennial, scrambling, and stoloniferous grass, <1.5 m tall; panicles open, basal panicle branches usually not whorled; spikelets 4.1-5.6 mm long and 1.6-2.1 mm wide; anthers around 1.5-3 mm long.

Chromosome number

2n=4x=48

Genome

BBCC

Distribution

Philippines and Papua New Guinea.


 

Habitat: Found beside streams and riverbanks in lowland areas; in fertile alluvial clay or loamy soils; usually in partial shade but also found in full shade of sago swamps.


Habitat: stream side, Philippines


Spikelets


Plants growing in natural habitat in Papua New Guinea