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CCDBAngiospermsAsparagaceaeAgaveAgave angustifolia var. angustifolia

2 chromosome counts in Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia   180 IPCN online Castorena-Sánchez, I., R. M. Escobedo & A. Quiroz. 1991. New cytotaxonomical determinants recognized in six taxa of Agave in the sections Rigidae and Sisalanae. Canad. J. Bot. 69: 1257–1264.
!   Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia None Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia   180 C-values database Robert ML, Lim KY, Hanson L, Sanchez-Teyer F, Bennett MD, Leitch AR, Leitch IJ. 2008. Wild and agronomically-important Agave species (Agavaceae) show proportional increases in chromosome numbers, genome size, and genetic markers with increasing ploidy. Bo