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CCDBAngiospermsCaryophyllaceaeSileneSilene virginica L.

4 chromosome counts in Silene virginica L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Silene virginica L. Silene virginica L.   48 IPCN online Morton, J. K. 2005. Documented chromosome numbers 2005: 3. Chromosome numbers in North American species of Silene and Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae). Sida 21(3): 1669–1674.
!   Silene virginica L. Silene virginica L.   48 eFlora  
!   Melandrium virginicum (L.) A. Braun Silene virginica L.   48 Darlington, 1955 Blackbum 1928
!   Silene virginica None Silene virginica L.   48 Cave1956supp Kruckeberg 1954