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CCDB → Angiosperms → Asparagaceae → Bellevalia → Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.

16 chromosome counts in Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   16 IPCN online Speta, F. 1982. Über die Abgrenzung und Gliederung der Gattung Muscari, und über die Beziehungen zu anderen Vertretern der Hyacinthaceae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 103: 247–291.
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8, 8+3B, 16, 16+2B IPCN online Özhatay, N., M. Johnson & B. Mathew. 1991. Chromosome numbers of Turkish Bellevalia species, including a new hexaploid from European Turkey. Bot. Chron. (Patras) 10: 813–818.
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   16, 16+2B IPCN online Johnson, M. A. T. & P. E. Brandham. 1997. New chromosome numbers in petaloid monocotyledons and in other miscellaneous angiosperms. Kew Bull. 52(1): 121–138.
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   16 IPCN online Bothmer, R. v. & P. Wendelbo. 1981. Cytological and morphological variation in Bellevalia. Nordic J. Bot. 1: 4–11.
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   16 IPCN online Nersesian, A. 2001. A karyosystematic study of Armenian Muscari and Bellevalia (Hyacinthaceae). Bocconea 13: 383–389.
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8 IPCN online Johnson, M. A. T. & P. E. Brandham. 1997. New chromosome numbers in petaloid monocotyledons and in other miscellaneous angiosperms. Kew Bull. 52(1): 121–138.
!   Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8, 16, 32 IPCN online Özhatay, N., M. Johnson & B. Mathew. 1991. Chromosome numbers of Turkish Bellevalia species, including a new hexaploid from European Turkey. Bot. Chron. (Patras) 10: 813–818.
!   Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   85-541 IPCN online Johnson, M. A. T. & P. E. Brandham. 1997. New chromosome numbers in petaloid monocotyledons and in other miscellaneous angiosperms. Kew Bull. 52(1): 121–138.
!   Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8+3s IPCN online Özhatay, N. & M. A. T. Johnson. 1996. Some karyological remarks on Turkish Allium sect. Allium, Bellevalia, Muscari, and Ornithogalum subgen. Ornithogalum. Bocconea 5: 239–249.
!   Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8 IPCN online Nersesian, A. 2001. A karyosystematic study of Armenian Muscari and Bellevalia (Hyacinthaceae). Bocconea 13: 383–389.
!   Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. 8 8, 8+3b, 16 IPCN online Johnson, M. A. T. 2003. Polyploidy and karyotype variation in Turkish Bellevalia (Hyacinthaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 143(1): 87–98.
!   Muscari paradoxum (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) K. Koch Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8 IPCN67-71 ZAKHARYEVA O.I., & L.M. MAKUSHENKO. 1969. Chromosome numbers of monocotyledons belonging to the families Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Araceae. Bot. Zurn. 54: 1213-1227.
!   Muscari pycnanthum K. Koch Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   16 IPCN67-71 ZAKHARYEVA O.I., & L.M. MAKUSHENKO. 1969. Chromosome numbers of monocotyledons belonging to the families Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Araceae. Bot. Zurn. 54: 1213-1227.
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss. 8   IPCN75-78 Aryavand 1976b
!   Bellevalia acutifolia (Boiss.) L. N. Delaunay Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   8 Darlington, 1955  
!   Bellevalia pycnantha (K. Koch) Losinsk. Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Boiss.   16 C-values database Hanson L, Johnson MAT, Brandham PE. (pers. comm. 1993).