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94 chromosome counts in Asparagus officinalis L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CHROBASE BOZZINI A. - 1959. Revisione citosistematica del genere Asparagus L. 1:Le specie di Asparagus della flora italiana e chiavi analitiche per la loro determinazione.. Caryologia , 12(2): 199-264.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CHROBASE GADELLA T.W.J., KLIPHUIS E. - 1970. Cytotaxonomic investigations in some Angiosperms collected in the valley of Aosta and in the National Park Gran Paradiso.. Caryologia , 23(3): 363-379.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CHROBASE LOEVE A., LOEVE D. - 1982. IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI.. Taxon , 31(3): 583-587.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Slovakia Database Májovský J. et al., 1970b: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora Part 2. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 18: 45-60.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Slovakia Database Májovský J., Uhríková A., Javorčíková D., Mičieta K., Králik E., Dúbravcová Z., Feráková V., Murín A., Černušáková D., Hindáková M., Schwarzová T. & Záborský J., 2000: Prvý doplnok karyotaxonomického prehľadu flóry Slovenska. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. Supplementum Nr. 1: 1-127.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 British Isles cytology Davies, E.W., Willis, A.J. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isles Proc. 3: 328 (1959)
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 British Isles cytology Davies, E.W., Willis, A.J. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isles Proc. 3: 328 (1959)
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 British Isles cytology Kay, Q.O.N. (4th Aug.1994)
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 British Isles cytology Bailey, J.P., Gornall, R.J. Irish Naturalists' J. : ()
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 British Isles cytology Kay, Q.O.N., Davies, E.W., Rich, T.C.G. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 137: 127-137 (2001)
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   80 British Isles cytology Davies, E.W., Willis, A.J. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isles Proc. 3: 328 (1959)
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 flora of NW Europe http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=4838
  Asparagus officinalis subsp. officinalis Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Flora Europaea Bozzini, 1959
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Poland Database Pogan E., Czapik R., Jankun A., Kuta E. et al. 1982 a. Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish Angiosperms. Part XV. Acta Biol. Cracov. Ser. Bot. 24, 91-126.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Kamari Mediterranean  
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 Kamari Mediterranean  
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Pogan, E., R. CZAPIK, A. Jankun & E. Kuta. 1982. Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish angiosperms. Part XV. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 24: 113–126.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Ma, X. H., R. L. Qin & W. B. Xing. 1985. Chromosome observation of twenty species of drug plants in Xingjiang. Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 5: 149–154.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Love, A. & D. Love. 1982. In: IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI. Taxon 31: 583–587.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 IPCN online Krasnikov, A. A. & M. N. Lomonosova. 1990. Chromosome numbers in representatives of some families of vascular plants in the flora of the Novosibirsk region. I. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 75: 116–118.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Malakhova, L. A. 1990. Kariologocheskij analiz prirodnykh populjacij redkich i ischezajushchikh rastenij na juge Tomskoj Oblasti. Bjulleten' Glavnogo Botanic|5eskogo Sada 155: 60–66.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Kiehn, M., E. Vitek, E. Hellmayr, J. Walter, J. Tschenett, C. Justin & M. Mann. 1991. Beiträge zur Flora von Österreich: Chromosomenzählungen. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 128: 19–39.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Minagawa, Y. 1993. Asparagus no hinsyu ni kansuru syomondai (3). Agric. & Hort. 68: 1011–1015.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Zakirova, R. O. & I. I. Nafanailova. 1992. Chromosome numbers in members of some families of the Kazakhstan flora. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 77(5): 71–72.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Malakhova, L. A. & G. A. Markova. 1994. Chromosome numbers in the flowering plants of Tomsk region. Monocotyledones. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(7): 134–135.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Cheng, Y. c., B. k. Liu, Z. s. Jiang & Y. c. Duan. 1991. Observations of chromosome numbers of several medical plants. J. Hunan Agric. Coll. 11(2): 166–170.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20+1-3B IPCN online Sheidai, M. & A. C. Inamdar. 1993. B-Chromosomes in Asparagus L. Nucleus (Calcutta) 36(3): 141–144.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. 10   IPCN online Sheidai, M. & A. C. Inamdar. 1992. Polyploidy in the genus Asparagus L. Nucleus (Calcutta) 35(2,3): 93–97.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Bobrowski, V. L., M. I. Eckert, J. Viégas, E. Augustin & J. A. Peters. 1996. A technique to obtain metaphasic chromosomes in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) spear cells. Revista Brasil. Genét. 19(2): 323–325.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. c.10 20, 40 IPCN online Jav|0urková-Jarolímová, V. 1992. In J. M|3esí|3ccek & V. Jav@0urková-Jarolímová, List of Chromosome Numbers of the Czech Vascular Plants. Academia, Praha.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Rudall, P. J., E. M. Engleman, L. Hanson & M. W. Chase. 1998. Embryology, cytology and systematics of Hemiphylacus, Asparagus and Anemarrhena (Asparagales). Pl. Syst. Evol. 211: 181–199.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Sheidai, M. & A. C. Inamdar. 1997. Cytomorphology of Asparagus taxa using multivariate statistical analysis. Nucleus (Calcutta) 40(1,2): 7–12.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Lövkvist, B. & U. M. Hultgård. 1999. Chromosome numbers in south Swedish vascular plants. Opera Bot. 137: 1–42.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN online Tamanian, K. G. & A. I. Pogosian. 1979. Cytotaxonomical studies of Caucasian species of the genus Asparagus L. (Liliaceae). Bot. Zhurn. 64 (3): 398–403.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. 10,20   IPCN66 Zilm 1966
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. 10   IPCN67-71 DELAY, J. 1968. Halophytes II. Inf. Ann. Caryosyst. et Cytogenet. 2: 17-22.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN67-71 GADELLA, TH. W.J., & E. KLIPHUIS. 1970. Cytotaxonomic investigations in some angiosperms collected in the Valley of Aosta and in the National Park "Gran Paradiso". Carylogia 23: 363-379.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN67-71 MAJOVSKY, J., ET. AL. 1970. Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora. (Part 2). Acta Fae. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae Bot. 18: 45-60.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. 10   IPCN67-71 JANAKI AMMAL, E. K., F. A. Sc. & B. L. KAUL. 1967. Cytomorphological studies in autotetraploid Asparagus off icinalis L. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. sec. B. 65: 1-9.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 IPCN75-78 Magulaev 1976
!   Asparagus polyphyllus Steven ex Ledeb. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 IPCN75-78 Magulaev 1976
!   Asparagus officinalis subsp. officinalis Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Love, 1948 Nagao 1938.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IPCN73-74 KOUL, A.K., & R.N. GOHIL. 1973. Cytotaxonomical conspectus of the flora of Kashmir (1) Chromosome numbers of some common plants. Phyton (Horn) 15: 57-66.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Kumar, 1987 Shoji, T. & Nakamura, T. 1928 ; Tischler, G. 1934 ; Osaka, S. ~938 ; Tarnavschi, I.T. 1948 ; Ishii, K. 1955, 1956 ; Braak, J.P. & Zeilinga, A.B. 1957 ; Janaki Ammal, E.K. & Kaul, B.L. 1967; Delay, J. 1968b ; Gadella, T.W.J. & Kliphuis, E. 1970a Majovsky, J. et al. 1970b
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20, 40 Kumar, 1987 Davies, E.W. & Willis, A.J. 1959
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 Kumar, 1987 Venkateswarlu, J. & R,aju, C.S.K. 1957 ;. Bozzini, A. 1959 ; Morrison, J.W. & Rajhathy, T .. 1960a ; LUve, A. & Love, D. 1964
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20,40 eFlora  
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Shoji, Nakamura 1928
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Tischler 1934
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Osaka 1938
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Tarnavschi
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Ishii K. 1955,. 1956
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Braak, Zeilinga 1957
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal, Kaul 1967
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20, 40 Fedorov, 1974 Davies E. W., Willis 1959
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 Fedorov, 1974 Bozzini 1959
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 Fedorov, 1974 Morrisson J. W., J;lajhathy 1960a
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 Fedorov, 1974 Liive A., Liive D.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 Fedorov, 1974 C. n. I. 1964)
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Darlington, 1955  
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 C-values database Arumuganathan K, Earle ED. 1991. Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 9: 208-218.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   2n = 20 Austria_checklist Kiehn, M., Vitek, E., Hellmayr, E. et al. 1991. Beitr?ge zur Flora von ?sterreich: Chromosomenz?hlungen. Verh.Zool.-Bot.Ges.?sterreich 128, 19-39.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Cave1956 Ishii
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 Cave1956supp Ishii 1955
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. ca 10   CromoCat 2015 M?sí?ek J. et Jarolímová-Jav?rková V. (1992). List of chromosome numbers of the Czech vascular plants. Academia, Praha. p. 1-144.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. c. 10   CromoCat 2015 Javurková-Jarolímová, V. (1992). List of Chromosome Numbers of the Czech Vascular Plants. In J. Mesíccek & V. Javurková-Jarolímová. Academia, Praha Praha
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. 10   CromoCat 2015 Delay, J. (1968b). Halophytes II. Inf. Ann. Caryosyst. et Cytogenet. 2: 17-22.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L. 10   CromoCat 2015 Janaki Ammal, E. K., Sc, F. A. & Kaul, B. L. (1967). Cytomorphological studies in autotetraploid Asparagus officinalis L. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 65: 1-9.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Gabrielan, E. & Zohary, D. (2004). Wild relatives of food crops native to Armenian and Nakhichevan Fl. Medit. 14: 5-80
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Gadella, Th. W. J. & Kliphuis, E. (1970b). Cytotaxonomic investigations in some Angiosperms collected in the valley of Aosta and in the National Park "Gran Paradisio". Caryologia 23: 363-379.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Kiehn, M., Vitek, E., Hellmayr, E., Walter, J., Tschenett, J., Justin, C. & Mann, M. (1991). Beiträge zur Flora von Österreich: Chromosomenzählungen. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 128: 19-39
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Löve, A. & Löve, D. (1964). Reports [In Löve, A. & O. T. Solbrig (eds.) IOPB chromosome numbers reports I]. Taxon 13(1): 99-110.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Löve, A. & Löve, D. (1982c). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXXVI]. Taxon 31(3): 583-587.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 M?sí?ek J. et Jarolímová-Jav?rková V. (1992). List of chromosome numbers of the Czech vascular plants. Academia, Praha. p. 1-144.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Pogan, E., R. Czapik, A. Jankun & E. Kuta. (1982b). Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish Angiosperms. Part XV. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 24: 91-126.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Uhríková, A. & A. Murín. (1970). Reports (In Májovsky, J. & al. (ed.), Index of chromosome numbers of slovakian flora. Part 2). Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae, Bot. 18: 45-60.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20+1-3B CromoCat 2015 Sheidai, M. & A. C. Inamdar (1993). B-Chromosomes in Asparagus 1. Nucleus (Calcutta) 36(3):141-144
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 CromoCat 2015 Gabrielan, E. & Zohary, D. (2004). Wild relatives of food crops native to Armenian and Nakhichevan Fl. Medit. 14: 5-80
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 CromoCat 2015 M?sí?ek J. et Jarolímová-Jav?rková V. (1992). List of chromosome numbers of the Czech vascular plants. Academia, Praha. p. 1-144.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 CromoCat 2015 Tamanian, K. G. & A. I. Pogosian. (1979). Cytotaxonomical studies in caucasian species of the genus Asparagus L. (Liliaceae). Bot. Žurn. 64: 398-403.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Bozzini, A. (1959). Revisione citosistematica del genere Asparagus L. I: Le specie di Asparagus della flora italiana e chiave analitica per la loro determinazione. Caryologia 12: 199-264.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Braak, J. P. & Zeilinga, A. E. (1957). Production of a colchicine induced tetraploid Asparagus. Euphytica 6: 201-212.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Davies, E. W. & Willis, A. J. (1959). Polyploidy in Asparagus. Proc. Bot. Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 328.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Flory, W. S. (1932). Genetic and cytological investigation on Asparagus officinalis L. Genetics 17: 432-467.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Ishii, K. (1955). Cytological studies on some Asparagus. I. Chromosome numbers and karyotype of some Asparagus. Jap. J. Genet. 30: 169.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Ishii, K. (1956). Cytological studies on some Asparagus. II. On the relation of some Asparagus plants from the standpoint of karyotypes. Jap. J. Genet. 31: 298-299.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Kamo, J. (1929). Einige beobachtungen über die chromosomen von Asparragus officinalis L. Bot. Mag., Tokyo 43: 127-133.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Osaka, S. (1938). On the chromosome numbers of some Asparagus species. Commem. Pap. Agron. M. Akamine 1938: 187-190.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Randall, T. E. & C. M. Rick. (1941). A cytogenetic study of polyembryony in Asparagus officinalis L. Amer. J. Bot. 32: 560-569.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Shoji, T. & T. Nakamura. (1928). On the dioecism of garden asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis L.). Jap. J. Bot. 4: 125-151.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Tarnavschi, I. T. (1948). Die chromosomenzahlen der Anthophyten flora von Rumänien mit einem ausblick auf das Polyploidie problem. Bull. Jard. Mus. Bot. Univ. Cluj. 28: 1-130.
!   Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 CromoCat 2015 Yarnell, S. H. (1954). Cytogenetics of the vegetable crops. I. Monocotyledons. Bot. Rev., Lancaster 20: 277-359.
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   20 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 30
  Asparagus officinalis L. Asparagus officinalis L.   40 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 33