From: The Endosperm Morphology of Rice and its Wild Relatives as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy
Species | Dorsal cell thickness | Ventral cell thickness | Lateral cell thickness | Dorsal cell shape | Ventral cell shape | Lateral cell shape | Pericarp thickness |
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O. sativa cv. Nipponbare | 5 | 1–2 | 1 | Irregular | Cubic and elongated | Mostly elongated | thick |
O. sativa cv. TeQing | 2–3 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated |  | thick |
O. nivara/O. sativa (O. hybrid) | 3 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Cubic and elongated | thicker |
O. nivara | 2–3 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Cubic and elongated |  |
O. granulata | 2 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Elongated | thick |
O. latifolia | 1–2 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongatedand cubic | Mostly Cubic | thin |
O. spontanea | 2 | 1–2 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Cubic |  |
O. alta | 1–2 | 1 | 1 | Mostly elongated some cubic | Elongated | Elongated | thick |
O. australiensis | 2–3 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Cubic, elongated and triangle | Cubic | Thick testa evident |
O. officinalis | 2 | 1–2 | 2 | Irregular | Elongated | Elongated |  |
O .rufipogon | 2 | 1 | 2 | Irregular | Cubic | Cubic | Â |
O. grandiglumis | 1–2 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Mostly elongated | thick |
O. meyeriana | 2–3 | 1 | 2 | Irregular | Cubic | Elongated | thick |
O. glumaepatula | 2–3 | 1 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Elongated | thick |
O. meridionalis | 3–4 | 1–2 | 1 | Irregular | Elongated | Cubic | thick |
O. longiglumis | 1 | 1 | 1 | Cubic | Cubic | Cubic | thin |
P. parviflora | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | Mostly elongated | Mostly elongated | Mostly elongated | thin |
M. stipoides | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | Cubic | Cubic | Cubic | thin |