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CCDB → Angiosperms → Commelinaceae → Commelina → Commelina africana L.

12 chromosome counts in Commelina africana L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Commelina africana var. africana Commelina africana L.   28 IPCN online  
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   3 0, 61 IPCN72 JONES, K., & c. JOPLING. 1972. Chromosomes and the classification of the Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 129-162.
!   Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   28, 30 IPCN67-71 MORTON, J. K. 1967. The Commelinaceae of West Africa: a biosystematic survey. Jour. Linn. soc. Bot. 60: 167-221.
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   30, 60 IPCN73-74 CHIMPHAMBA, B.C. 1973. Chromosome numbers in Malawian Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 66: 303-306.
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   28 Fedorov, 1974 Morton J. K. 1956b
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   28, 30 Fedorov, 1974 Morton J. K. 1967
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   30 Fedorov, 1974 Harvey (C. n. VII. 1966)
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   30, 60, 120 Fedorov, 1974 Lewis W. H. 1964a
  Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   19 Fedorov, 1974 G4)
!   Commelina africana L. Commelina africana L.   30 C-values database Lewis R, Kenton AY. (pers. comm. 1989).
  Commelina africana var. africana Commelina africana L.   90 C-values database Lewis R, Kenton AY. (pers. comm. 1989).
  Commelina africana var. africana Commelina africana L.   28 Cave1956 Morton a