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CCDBAngiospermsBetulaceaeBetulaBetula occidentalis Hook.

5 chromosome counts in Betula occidentalis Hook.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Betula occidentalis Hook. Betula occidentalis Hook.   28 IPCN online Love, A. & D. Love. 1982. In: IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI. Taxon 31: 583–587.
  Betula fontinalis Sarg. Betula occidentalis Hook.   28 IPCN66 Dugle 1966
!   Betula papyrifera var. occidentalis (Hook.) Sarg. Betula occidentalis Hook.   84, c.160 IPCN72 VALANNE, T. 1972. Colchicine effects and colchicine-induced polyploidy in Betula. Ann. Acad. Sci. Fenn. Ser. A. 191: 1-28.
!   Betula occidentalis Hook. Betula occidentalis Hook.   28 eFlora  
!   Betula fontinalis Sarg. Betula occidentalis Hook.   28 Darlington, 1955 1949