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CCDB → Angiosperms → Asparagaceae → Agave → Agave sisalana Perrine

18 chromosome counts in Agave sisalana Perrine:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   150 IPCN online Banerjee, S. & A. K. Sharma. 1987. Cytophotometric estimation of nuclear DNA in different species and varieties of Agave. Cytologia 52: 85–90.
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   (60), 150 IPCN online Banerjee, S. & A. K. Sharma. 1989. Structure and behaviour of chromosomes in four different species of Agave. Cytologia 54: 667–672.
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   150 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 sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   c.138 Kumar, 1987 Doughty, L.R. 1936
!   Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   149 Kumar, 1987 Granick, E.B. 1944
!   Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   150 Kumar, 1987 Inariyama, S. 1937 ; Vignoli, L. 1937 ; Sato, D. 1938, 1942
!   Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   138,147,149,150 eFlora  
!   Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell Agave sisalana Perrine   60 Fedorov, 1974 Doughty 1936
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   ~138 Fedorov, 1974 Doughty 1936
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   149 Fedorov, 1974 Granick 1944
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   150 Fedorov, 1974 Inariyama 1937
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   150 Fedorov, 1974 Vignoli 1937c
  Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   150 Fedorov, 1974 Sato D. 1938, 1942
!   Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell Agave sisalana Perrine   60 Darlington, 1955 Doughty 1936
!   Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   138 Darlington, 1955 Doughty 1936
!   Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   c.149 Darlington, 1955 Granick 1944
!   Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell Agave sisalana Perrine   60 C-values database Finch RA, Osborne JF. 1990. Chromosome numbers and DNA amounts in Agave variants. East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 55: 213-218.
!   Agave sisalana Perrine Agave sisalana Perrine   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