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CCDB → Angiosperms → Asparagaceae → Agave → Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber

5 chromosome counts in Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber   90 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 tequilana F. A. C. Weber Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber   90 IPCN online Banerjee, S. & A. K. Sharma. 1989. Structure and behaviour of chromosomes in four different species of Agave. Cytologia 54: 667–672.
!   Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber   60 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 tequilana F. A. C. Weber Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber   60, 90, 120, 150 IPCN online Palomino, G., J. Dolezel, I. Méndez & A. Rubluo. 2003. Nuclear genome size analysis of Agave tequilana Weber. Caryologia 56(1): 37–46.
!   Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber Agave tequilana F. A. C. Weber   90 C-values database Banerjee S, Sharma AK. 1987. Cytophotometric estimation of nuclear DNA in different species and varieties of Agave. Cytologia 52: 85-90.