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CCDBAngiospermsCactaceaeEchinocereusEchinocereus knippelianus Liebner

2 chromosome counts in Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner   22 IPCN online Cota, J. H. & C. T. Philbrick. 1994. Chromosome number variation and polyploidy in the genus Echinocereus (Cactaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 81(8): 1054–1062.
  Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner Echinocereus knippelianus Liebner   22 IPCN online Cota, J. H. & R. S. Wallace. 1995. Karyotypic studies in the genus Echinocereus (Cactaceae) and their taxonomic significance. Caryologia 48(2): 105–122.