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CCDB → Angiosperms → Boraginaceae → Cerinthe → Cerinthe major L.

21 chromosome counts in Cerinthe major L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 Flora Iberica Chromosome numbers of some flowering plants of Spain and France. Gadella, Th., E. Kliphuis & E. A. Mennega.Acta Bot. Neerl.15(2): 484-489(1966).
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 Flora Iberica Cytotaxonomy of spanish plants. IV.-Dicotyledons: Caesalpinacea-Asteracea. Lve, A. & E. Kjellqvist.Lagascalia4(2): 153-211(1974).
!   Cerinthe gymnandra Tod. ex Lojac. Cerinthe major L.   16 Flora Iberica Contribution la connaissance cytotaxinomique des spermatophyta du Portugal. Fernandes, A. & M. T. Leitao.Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 246: 389-404(1972).
!   Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 Flora Europaea Gadella et al.,
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 IPCN online Altamura, L., M. Colasante & G. D'AMATO. 1984. Numeri cromosomici per la flora Italiana: 1022--1036. Inform. Bot. Ital. 16: 261–270.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L. 8 16 IPCN online Luque, T. 1990. Karyological studies on Spanish Boraginaceae. V: Onosma L., Cerinthe L. and Alkanna Tausch (Lithospermeae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 102: 261–272.
  Cerinthe gymnandra Gasp. Cerinthe major L. 8 16 IPCN online Luque, T. 1990. Karyological studies on Spanish Boraginaceae. V: Onosma L., Cerinthe L. and Alkanna Tausch (Lithospermeae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 102: 261–272.
!   Cerinthe major Cerinthe major L.   16 IPCN online Coppi, A. 2006. Chromosome studies in Mediterranean species of Boraginaceae. Fl. Medit. 16: 253–274.
!   Cerinthe major Cerinthe major L.   16 IPCN online Coppi, A. 2006. Chromosome studies in Mediterranean species of Boraginaceae. Fl. Medit. 16: 253–274.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 IPCN66 Gadella et al. 1966
!   Cerinthe major subsp. gymnandra (Gasp.) Rouy Cerinthe major L.   16 IPCN72 FERNANDES, A., & M.T. LEITAO. 1972. Contribution a la connansance cytotaxonomique des Spermatophyta du Portugal v. Boraginaceae Bol. soc. Brat. 46(Ser. 2): 389 405.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 IPCN73-74 LOEVE, A., & E. KJELLQVIST. 1974. Cytotaxonomy of Spanish plants. IV. Dicotyledons: Caesalpiniaceae- Asteraceae. Lagascalia 4: 153-211.
  Cerinthe aspera Roth Cerinthe major L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Strey 1931
!   Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 Darlington, 1955 Britton 1951
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L. 8   CromoCat 2015 Britton, D. M. (1951). Cytogenetic studies on the Boraginaceae. Brittonia 7: 233-266.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L. 8   CromoCat 2015 Luque, T. (1990). Karyological studies on Spanish Boraginaceae. V. Onosma L., Cerinthe L. and Alkanna Tausch (Lithospermeae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 102: 261-272.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L. 8   CromoCat 2015 Strey, M. (1931). Karyologische studien an Borraginoideae. Planta 14: 682-730.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Gadella, Th. W. J., Kliphuis, E. & Mennega, E. A. (1966). Chromosome numbers of some flowering plants of Spain and S France. Acta Bot. Neerl. 15(2): 484-489.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Löve, A. & Kjellqvist, E. (1974b). Cytotaxonomy of Spanish plants. IV.-Dicotyledons: Caesalpinaceae-Asteraceae. Lagascalia 4(2): 153-211.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Luque, T. (1990). Karyological studies on Spanish Boraginaceae. V. Onosma L., Cerinthe L. and Alkanna Tausch (Lithospermeae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 102: 261-272.
  Cerinthe major L. Cerinthe major L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Strey, M. (1931). Karyologische studien an Borraginoideae. Planta 14: 682-730.