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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cistaceae → Cistus → Cistus creticus L.

13 chromosome counts in Cistus creticus L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Flora Iberica Chromosome atlas of flowering plants. Darlintong, C. D. & A. P. Wylie.*(1955).
  Cistus creticus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 IPCN online Slavĭk, B., V. Jarolĭmovă & J. Chrtek. 1993. Chromosome counts of some plants from Cyprus. Candollea 48(1): 221–230.
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L. 9   IPCN73-74 RATTER, J.A., & c. MILNE. 1973. Some Angiosperm chromosome numbers. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 32: 429-438.
!   Cistus ladaniferus Stokes Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Chiarugi 1937
!   Cistus ladaniferus Stokes Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Dansereau 1940
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Chiarugi 1925
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Bowden 1940a, 1945a
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Dansereau 1940
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Contandriopoulos 1957b, 1962
  Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Atsmon, Feinbrun
!   Cistus ladaniferus Stokes Cistus creticus L.   18 Darlington, 1955 Chiamgi 1937
!   Cistus villosus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 Darlington, 1955  
!   Cistus creticus L. Cistus creticus L.   18 C-values database Ellul P, Boscaiu M, Vicente O, Moreno V, Rossello JA. 2002. Intra- and interspecific variation in DNA content in Cistus (Cistaceae). Annals of Botany 90: 345-351.