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CCDBAngiospermsCactaceaeOpuntiaOpuntia elatior Mill.

5 chromosome counts in Opuntia elatior Mill.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Opuntia elatior Mill. Opuntia elatior Mill. 22   IPCN online Sanjappa, M. 1979a. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIV. Taxon 28: 393–395.
!   Opuntia bergeriana F. A. C. Weber ex A. Berger Opuntia elatior Mill.   22 IPCN73-74 YUASA, H., H. SHIMIZU, S. KASHIWAI, & N. KONDO. 1974. Chromosome numbers and their bearing on the geographic distribution in the subfamily Opuntioideae (Cactaceae). Rep. Inst. Breed. Research, Tokyo Univ. Agri. No. 4: 1-10.
  Opuntia elatior Mill. Opuntia elatior Mill.   44 Kumar, 1987 Sanjappa, M. & Sathyananda, N. 1979
  Opuntia elatior Mill. Opuntia elatior Mill.   66 Kumar, 1987 Roy, R.P. & Mishra, N.C. 1961a
  Opuntia elatior Mill. Opuntia elatior Mill. 11   IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 30