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CCDBAngiospermsCactaceaeEchinocereusEchinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.

5 chromosome counts in Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Echinocereus pectinatus var. pectinatus Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. 22   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J. & B. D. Parfitt. 1982. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America IV. Bull Torrey Bot. Club. 109: 121–128.
  Echinocereus pectinatus var. pectinatus Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. 11   IPCN online Ross, R. 1981. Chromosome counts, cytology and reproduction in the Cactaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 68: 463–470.
!   Echinocereus pectinatus var. minor (Engelm.) L. D. Benson Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. 22   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., M. A. Baker, B. D. Parfitt, M. W. Mohlenbrock & R. D. Worthington. 1985. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America-V. Syst. Bot. 10: 471–483.
!   Echinocereus pectinatus var. neomexicanus (J. M. Coult.) L. D. Benson Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. 22   IPCN online Weedin, J. F. & A. M. Powell. 1978. Chromosome numbers in Chihuahuan desert Cactaceae. Trans-Pecos Texas. Amer. J. Bot. 65: 531–537.
!   Echinocereus pectinatus var. neomexicanus (J. M. Coult.) L. D. Benson Echinocereus pectinatus (Scheidw.) Engelm. 22   IPCN75-78 Weedin & Powell 1978a