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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cactaceae → Opuntia → Opuntia maxima Mill.

8 chromosome counts in Opuntia maxima Mill.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Opuntia amyclaea Ten. Opuntia maxima Mill.   88 IPCN online Sosa, R. & A. Acosta. 1966. Poliploidia en Opuntia spp. Agrociencia (Chapingo) 1: 100–106.
!   Opuntia lanceolata (Haw.) Haw. Opuntia maxima Mill.   88 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 lanceolata (Haw.) Haw. Opuntia maxima Mill.   88 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 maxima Mill. Opuntia maxima Mill.   88 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 lanceolata (Haw.) Haw. Opuntia maxima Mill.   88 Fedorov, 1974 Ka tagiri 1953
!   Opuntia elongata (Willd.) Haw. Opuntia maxima Mill.   66, 88 Darlington, 1955 Mexico
  Opuntia maxima Mill. Opuntia maxima Mill.   66 CromoCat 2015 Castroviejo & al. (2003). Flora Iberica (vol. I-VIII, X, XIV) Publicaciones del CSIC Madrid
  Opuntia maxima Mill. Opuntia maxima Mill.   88 CromoCat 2015 Castroviejo & al. (2003). Flora Iberica (vol. I-VIII, X, XIV) Publicaciones del CSIC Madrid