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CCDBAngiospermsCactaceaeMelocactusMelocactus ernestii Vaupel

6 chromosome counts in Melocactus ernestii Vaupel:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Melocactus ernestii Vaupel Melocactus ernestii Vaupel   44 IAPT/IOPB  
  Melocactus ernestii Vaupel Melocactus ernestii Vaupel   44 IAPT/IOPB  
  Melocactus ernestii Vaupel Melocactus ernestii Vaupel   44 IPCN online Das, A. B., S. Mohanty & P. Das. 1998. Variation in karyotype and 4C DNA content in six species of Melocactus of the family Cactaceae. Cytologia 63: 9–16.
!   Melocactus longispinus Buining & Brederoo & Theunissen Melocactus ernestii Vaupel   44 IPCN online Das, A. B., S. Mohanty & P. Das. 1998. Interspecific variation in nuclear DNA content and chromosome analysis in Melocactus. Cytologia 63: 239–247.
  Melocactus ernestii subsp. ernestii Melocactus ernestii Vaupel   22, 44 IPCN online Assis, J. G. A., A. L. P. C. Oliveira, S. V. Resende, J. F. V. Senra & M. Machado. 2003. Chromosome numbers in Brazilian Melocactus (Cactaceae). Bradleya 21/2003: 1–6.
!   Melocactus ernestii None Melocactus ernestii Vaupel   44 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 18