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4 chromosome counts in Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Merwilla kraussii (Baker) Speta Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta   40 IPCN online Wetschnig, W. & M. Pfosser. 2003. The Scilla plumbea puzzle - present status of the genus Scilla sensu lato in southern Africa and description of Spetaea lachenaliiflora, a new genus and species of Massonieae (Hyacinthaceae). Taxon 52(1): 75–91.
!   Scilla natalensis Planch. Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta 20 or 21   IPCN73-74 RATTER, J.A., & c. MILNE. 1973. Some Angiosperm chromosome numbers. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 429-438.
  Scilla natalensis Planch. Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta   32 Cave1957 de Wet
!   Scilla natalensis Planch. Merwilla plumbea (Lindl.) Speta   40 Cave1959 Gim.-Mart. 1959d