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44 chromosome counts in Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30 IPCN online SHERIFF, A. 1979. Cytogeographical studies on Scilla indica in India I.--Diploids. J. Cytol. Genet. 14: 83–87.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30 IPCN online Chakraborti, S. P. & S. Sen. 1983. Chromosomal changes in the scale leaf callus of diploid Scilla indica. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 49: 120–124.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   58, 60, 64 IPCN online Vijayavalli, B. & P. M. Mathew. 1988. Studies of south Indian Liliaceae: II. Cytology of species of four genera of the tribe Scilleae. New Bot. 15: 61–68.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   58, 60, 64 IPCN online Vijayavalli, B. & P. M. Mathew. 1988. Studies on the south Indian Liliaceae: I. Cytology of Scilla indica Linn. J. Cytol. Genet. 23: 161–165.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   64, 66 IPCN online Vijayavalli, B. & P. M. Mathew. 1990. Cytotax. Liliaceae Allied Fam. Continental Publishers, Kerala, India.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop irreg. 30 IPCN online SHERIFF, A. & U. G. Rao. 1981. Cytogeographical studies on Scilla indica in India -triploids. Cytologia 46: 69–74.
!   Urginea govindappae A. Boraiah & Fathima Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN online Boraiah, G. & T. F. Khalel. 1970. Cytotaxonomy of Urginea govindappae sp. nov. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 128–131.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20, 30, 40 IPCN online Patil, M. M. & S. G. Torne. 1982. Different cytotypes of U. indica Kunth. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 69(3–VI): 233.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20, 30, 40 IPCN online Patil, M. M. & S. G. Torne. 1981. Orcein banding in different cytotypes of U. indica. J. Cytol. Genet. 16: 31–34.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN online Boraiah, G. & T. F. Khalel. 1970. Cytotaxonomy of Urginea govindappae sp. nov. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 128–131.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20+0-6B IPCN online Jha, S. & S. SEN. 1983. Chromosome study of diploid Indian squill, Urginea indica Kunth. Cytologia 48: 79–86.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10,20 30,40,60 IPCN online Jha, S. & S. SEN. 1983. Chromosome study of diploid Indian squill, Urginea indica Kunth. Cytologia 48: 79–86.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN online Joshi, C. P. & P. K. Ranjekar. 1982. Visualization and distribution of heterochromatin in interphase nuclei of several plant species as revealed by a new Giemsa banding technique. Cytologia 47: 471–480.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10 20 IPCN online Dixit, G. B. & S. R. Yadav. 1989. Cytotaxonomical and genetical studies in Urginea Steinh. species from India. Cytologia 54: 715–721.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10 20, 20+3B IPCN online Yadav, S. R. & G. B. Dixit. 1990. Cytotaxonomical studies in Indian Urginea Steinhill species. Cytologia 55: 293–300.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN online Jha, S. & S. SEN. 1990. Induction of mitosis in polytene nuclei and hormonal effect on nuclear changes during callus initiation in diploid Urginea indica Kunth. (Liliaceae). Genetica 80: 9–15.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN online Jha, S. 1989. Karyology of callus induction in inflorescence and bulb scale explant of diploid Indian squill. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 76(3,VI): 207.
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10,20 20 IPCN online SEN, S. & S. Mukherjee. 1976. Analysis of chromosomes and chemical constituents of Urginea indica and Scilla indica. Res. Bull. Univ. Calcutta Cytogenetics Lab. 3:58.
!   Urginea coromandeliana Hook. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 20 40 IPCN online Dixit, G. B. & S. R. Yadav. 1989. Cytotaxonomical and genetical studies in Urginea Steinh. species from India. Cytologia 54: 715–721.
  Urginea coromandeliana Hook. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10 20 IPCN66 Datta 1966
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN66 Harvey 1966a
!   Urginea coromandeliana Hook. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 20 40 IPCN75-78 Naik 1976
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10 20 IPCN75-78 Naik 1976
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   10+1 IPCN75-78 12+1
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30+B IPCN75-78 Subramanian 1976
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   11 IPCN75-78 15
!   Urginea coromandeliana Hook. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   40 IPCN73-74 NAIK, V.N. 1973. A natural tetraplo1d of Urg1nea coromandelina Hk Curr. Sci. 42: 439. AnJ.
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 IPCN73-74 BORAIAH, G., & T. FATHIMA. 1970 [1972]. Cytotaxonomy of Urginea govindappae sp. nov. Bull. Bot. surv. India 12: 128-131. I
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20, 30 IPCN73-74 SEN, S. 1973. Structural hybridity intra-and interspecific level in Liliales. Folia Biol. (Cracow) 21: 83-197.
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   "20+(6-7B)" IPCN73-74 SEN, S. 1974. Nature and behaviour of B chromosomes in Allium stracheyii Baker and Urginea indica Kunth. Cytologia 39: 245-251.
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop 10, 11, 15   IPCN73-74 SUBRAMANIAN, D. 1973. Meiotic studies in Urginea indica Kunth with I special reference to the formation of pollen grains. Proc. Indian So Congr. Assoc. 60(III): 323. i
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   10+1, 12+1, 14+1, 16+1, 18+1, 20, 20+1, 20+B, 21, 30, 30+B Kumar, 1987 Subramanian, D. 1976,.1978
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   19, 20, 20+1, 22 Kumar, 1987 Subramanian, D. 1980d
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 Kumar, 1987 Raghavan, T.S. 1935b; Capoor, S.P. 1937a ; Kishore, H. 1951 ; Micge, J. 1960a ; Mehra, P.N. & Malik, C.P. 1961c ; Naik, V.N. 1976b ; Zaman, M.A. & Khaleque, Y. 1978
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20, 22, 30 Kumar, 1987 Subramanian, D. l973a
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20, 28, 30, 40 Kumar, 1987 Ayyangar, K.R. & Sampathkumar, R. 1968
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20, 30 Kumar, 1987 Raghavan, T.S. l935a; Raghavan, T.S. & Venkatasubban, K.R. 1940a ; Sharma, C.B.S.R. & Dash, S.K. 1977
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20+1-7B Kumar, 1987 Ayyangar, K.R. 1966
  Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20+6-7B Kumar, 1987 Sen, S. 1974b
!   Urginea coromandeliana Wight Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   40 Kumar, 1987 Naik, V.N. 1973, 1976b
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 Darlington, 1955 Raghavan 1935 lnd., Bur., Tr. Afr.
!   Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30 C-values database Chakravarty B, Sen S. 1992. Chromosomes and nuclear DNA in regenerants of Scilla indica (Roxb.) Baker derived from two explant sources. Cytologia 57: 41-46.
!   Drimia nagarjunae (Hemadri & Swahari) A. Kumar Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 C-values database Nath S, Mallick SK, Jha S. (2014) An improved method of genome size estimation by flow cytometry in five mucilaginous species of Hyacinthaceae. Cytometry Part A 85: 833-840
!   Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   20 Cave1957 Battaglia a