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CCDB → Angiosperms → Commelinaceae → Commelina → Commelina erecta L.

26 chromosome counts in Commelina erecta L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 9
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L. 60   IPCN online  
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L. 30, 60   IPCN online Patwary, M. U., S. H. Mirza & M. A. Zaman. 1987. Meiotic behaviour of chromosomes and the nature of ploidy in four species of Commelina (Commelinaceae) from Bangladesh. Cytologia 52: 175–181.
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 IPCN online Cristobal de Hinojo, M. E., L. M. González Villarreal & A. M. Frías de Fernández. 1998. Estudios citogenéticos en el género Commelina L. (Commelinaceae). I. Análisis cariotípico de Commelina erecta L. y Commelina diffusa Burm. Lilloa 39(2): 157–164.
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L. 30 56, 60, 90, 112, 120 IPCN online Rao, R. S. 1978. Evolutionary trends in some members of Indian Commelinaceae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 65: 134–135.
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L. 30   IPCN online Cristobal, M. E., M. S. Caro Caro, L. M. González Villarreal & A. M. Frias. 2004. Estudios citogenéticos en el género Commelina (Commelinaceae). II Análisis meiótico en Commelina erecta L. y Commelina diffusa Burm. Lilloa 41(1–2): 23–27.
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L. 30 60 IPCN online Grabiele, M. 2005. Chromosomes of four species of Commelina (Commelinaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 148: 207–218.
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 IPCN online Pitrez. 2001. Números cromossômicos de espécies de Commelinaceae R. Br. ocorrentes no nordeste do Brasil. Bol. Bot. Univ. São Paulo 19: 7–14.
  Commelina erecta subsp. erecta Commelina erecta L. 30   IPCN online Umoh, E. O., G. M. Hossain & E. E. Ene-Obong. 1991. Cytogenetics of Commelina erecta Linn. from south eastern Nigeria. Cytologia 56: 181–186.
  Commelina erecta subsp. erecta Commelina erecta L.   60 IPCN online Umoh, E. O. 1993. Evidence of cytological and morphological evolution in Commelina L. Mem. Soc. Brot. 29: 105–118.
  Commelina elegans Kunth Commelina erecta L.   60 IPCN72 JONES, K., & c. JOPLING. 1972. Chromosomes and the classification of the Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 129-162.
!   Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 IPCN67-71 SMITH, E.B. 1968. In IOPB chromosome number reports XVII. Taxon 17: 285-288.
!   Commelina erecta subsp. erecta Commelina erecta L.   56, 60 IPCN67-71 MORTON, J. K. 1967. The Commelinaceae of West Africa: a biosystematic survey. Jour. Linn. soc. Bot. 60: 167-221.
!   Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   56, 60, c.120 Kumar, 1987 Morton, J.K. 1967
!   Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   120 Kumar, 1987 Malik, C.P. (Rao, R.S. et al. 1970)
!   Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 eFlora  
!   Commelina elegans Kunth Commelina erecta L.   ~52 Fedorov, 1974 Simmonds 1954
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   56, 60, ~120 Fedorov, 1974 Morton J. K. 1967
  Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 Fedorov, 1974 Lewis W. H. et al. 1962
!   Commelina gerrardii C. B. Clarke Commelina erecta L.   56 Fedorov, 1974 Morton J. K. 1956b
!   Commelina gerrardii C. B. Clarke Commelina erecta L.   56 Fedorov, 1974 I. 1964)
!   Commelina gerrardii C. B. Clarke Commelina erecta L.   60 Fedorov, 1974 Lewis W. H. 1964a
!   Commelina gerrardii C. B. Clarke Commelina erecta L.   60 Fedorov, 1974 I. 1964)
!   Commelina elegans Kunth Commelina erecta L.   c.52 Darlington, 1955 Simmonds 1954
!   Commelina erecta L. Commelina erecta L.   60 C-values database Lewis R, Kenton AY. (pers. comm. 1989).
!   Commelina gerrardii C. B. Clarke Commelina erecta L.   56 Cave1956 Morton a