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CCDB → Angiosperms → Asparagaceae → Albuca → Albuca abyssinica Jacq.

10 chromosome counts in Albuca abyssinica Jacq.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Albuca angolensis Welw. Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18 IPCN online Jong, K. 1991. Cytological observations in Albuca, including a survey of polymorphic variation in the sat-chromosome pair. Edinburgh J. Bot. 48: 107–128.
!   Albuca melleri (Baker) Baker Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18 IPCN online Paiva, J. & M. T. Leitao. 1989. Números cromossómicos para alguns taxa da Africa tropical -- II. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2 62: 117–130.
  Albuca abyssinica Jacq. Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18 IPCN online Stedje, B. 1996. Karyotypes of some species of Hyacinthaceae from Ethiopia and Kenya. Nordic J. Bot. 16(2): 121–126.
  Albuca wakefieldii Baker Albuca abyssinica Jacq. 9   IPCN online Gill, L. S. & A. M. ABUBAKAR. 1975. In IOPB chromosome number reports XLVIII. Taxon 24: 367–372.
!   Albuca abyssinica Jacq. Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18 IPCN72 OYEWOLE, s.o. 1972. Cytological and cytogenetic studies in the genus Albuca L., in West Africa. Bel. Soc. Bret. 46(Ser. 2): 149-171.
!   Albuca abyssinica Jacq. Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   16 IPCN67-71 JONES, K. , & J. B. SMITH. 1967. The chromosomes of the Liliaceae: I. The karyotypes of twenty-five tropical species. Kew Bull. 21: 31-38.
!   Albuca melleri (Baker) Baker Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18 IPCN67-71 JONES, K. , & J. B. SMITH. 1967. The chromosomes of the Liliaceae: I. The karyotypes of twenty-five tropical species. Kew Bull. 21: 31-38.
!   Albuca wakefieldii Baker Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18 IPCN67-71 JONES, K. , & J. B. SMITH. 1967. The chromosomes of the Liliaceae: I. The karyotypes of twenty-five tropical species. Kew Bull. 21: 31-38.
  Albuca bainesii Baker Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   20 Cave1957 de Wet
!   Albuca bainesii Baker Albuca abyssinica Jacq.   18, 36 Cave1962 Fernandes & Neves 1962