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30 chromosome counts in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don:

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		Name	Accepted Name	Gametophytic(n)	Sporophytic(2n)	Data Source	reference
!		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	8		IAPT/IOPB	IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 12
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Renard, R., J. Lambinon, M. Reekmans, P. v. Veken & M. Govaert. 1983. Nombres chromosomiques de quelques Angiospermes du Rwanda, du Burundi et du Kenya. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 53: 342–371.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	8		IPCN online	Balamani, G. V. A. 1981. Biosystematic studies on the two species of the genus Catharanthus Linn. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 68 (Sect. VI): 69.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Ma, X. H., R. L. Qin & W. B. Xing. 1984. Chromosome observations of some medical plants in Xinjiang. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 22: 243–249.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Ge, C. j. & Y. k. Li. 1989. Observation on the chromosome numbers of medicinal plants of Shandong Province (II). Chin. Traditional Herbal Drugs 20(6): 34–35.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	8II	16	IPCN online	Balamani, G. V. A. & R. S. Rao. 1987. Biosystematic studies on the genus Catharanthus Linn. (Apocynaceae). Pp. 37--46 in M. R. Sharma & B. K. Gupta (editors), Recent Advances in Plant Sciences (Proc. Sympos. Recent Advances in Plant Sciences, D. A. V. College, Dehra Dun, October 1985).
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	8	16	IPCN online	Balamani, G. V. A. & R. S. Rao. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 855–856.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	8		IPCN online	Sarkar, A. K. 1975. Studies on the mode of evolution in Caladium bicolor Vent. (Araceae). Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 62: 125.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Chen, R. y., W. q. Song, X. l. Li, M. x. Li, G. l. Liang & C. b. Chen. 2003. Chromosome Atlas of Major Economic Plants Genome in China, Vol. 3, Chromosome Atlas of Garden Flowering Plants in China. Science Press, Beijing.
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Segawa, M., K. Kondo & S. Ohta. 1981. Effect of vinblastine on meristematic root cells of Lochnera rosea Reichenb. Phyton (Buenos Aires) 41: 91–95.
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Segawa, M., S. Ohta & K. Kondo. 1984. Effect of vinblastine on root meristematic cells of Vinca major L., a close relative of the vinblastine-source Vinca rosea L. Kromosomo 34: 1073–1078.
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Kramers, M. R. & H. Stebbings. 1977. The insensitivity of Vinca rosea to Vinblastine. Chromosoma 61:277–287.
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	8		IPCN online	Gill, L. S. 1975. On the occurrence of endopolyploidy in Solanum verbascifolium L. (Solanaceae). Sci. & Cult. 41: 603–604.
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	IPCN online	Obermayer, R. & J. Greilhuber. 2006. Cryptopolyploidy revisited: the case of Vinca (Apocynaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 256: 201–208.
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		24	IPCN67-71	DNYANSAGAR, V.R., & I.V. SUDHAKARAN. 1970. Induced tetraploidy in Vinca ~ L. Cytologia 35: 227-241.
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		32	IPCN73-74	DATTA, P.C., & R.K. MAITI. 1972. Relationships of Plumieraea (Apocynaceael 1. Based on karyology. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 26(1): 9- 19.
!		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Kumar, 1987	Abeywickrama, B.A. 1973 ; Sarkar, A. K., Datta, N. & Chatterjee, U. 1975 ; Chauhan, A.K.S. 1980 ; Balamani, G. V.A. 1981
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Kumar, 1987	Sugiura, T. 1931, 1936b; Bowden, W. M. J940a, 1945a ; Tapadar, N.N. Roy 1964a
!		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Kumar, 1987	Roy, R.P. & Saran, J. 1960; Dnyansa- gar, V.R. & Sudhakaran, I.V. 1966a, b ; Sudhakaran, I. V. 1968 ; Gill, L.S. 1972; Gill, L.S. & Abubakar, A.M. 1975
!		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16, 32	Kumar, 1987	Furusato, K. 1940 ; Janaki Ammal, E. K. & Bezbaruah, H.P. 1963
!		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		32	Kumar, 1987	Dnyansagar, V.R. & Sudhakaran, I.V. 1970
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Fedorov, 1974	Sugiura 1931, 1936b
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Fedorov, 1974	Bowden 1940a, 1945 a
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Fedorov, 1974	Tapadar 1964a
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16, (32)	Fedorov, 1974	Furusato 1940
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16, (32)	Fedorov, 1974	D. 1955)
		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16, 32	Fedorov, 1974	Janaki Ammal, Bezbaruah 1963
!		Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Endl.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Darlington, 1955	Sugiura 1936b
!		Vinca rosea L.	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	C-values database	Obermayer R, Greilhuber J. 2006. Cryptopolyploidy revisited: the case of Vinca (Apocynaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 256: 201-208.
		Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don		16	Cave1963	Janaki-Ammal 1963