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CCDBAngiospermsCommelinaceaeTradescantiaTradescantia spathacea Sw.

34 chromosome counts in Tradescantia spathacea Sw.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12, 18 IPCN65 Desai 1965
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6II   IPCN online JONES, K. & A. Kenton. 1983. Complex interchange heterozygotes and homozygotes in the Commelinaceae. In P. E. Brandham & M. D. Bennett (editors), Kew Chromosome Conference II. P. 238.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Stack, S. M. & D. L. Soulliere. 1984. The relation between synapsis and chiasma formation in Rhoeo spathacea. Chromosoma 90: 72–83.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   IPCN online Guerra, M. d. S. 1983. O uso de giemsa na citogenética vegetal -- comparação entre a coloração simples e o bandeamento. Ci. & Cult. (Sao Paulo) 35: 190–193.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Pettenati, M. J. 1987. Giemsa C-banding of Rhoeo (Commelinaceae). Genetica 74: 219–224.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 1XII 12 IPCN online García Velazquez, A. 1999. Cytogenetical studies in Rhoeo spathacea (Commelinaceae) III. Mixoploid derived from a desynaptic plant. Cytologia 64: 45–49.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. R12   IPCN online Jahan, B. & A. A. Vahidy. 1994. Meiotic chromosome configurations in Rhoeo spathacea (Swartz) Stearn. Pakistan J. Bot. 26(1): 63–67.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12,18 IPCN online Lin, Y. J. & E. F. Paddock. 1978. Identification of complexes in a spontaneous triploid Rhoeo spathacea. Chromosoma 67: 97–108.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   24 IPCN online Golczyk, H. & A. Joachimiak. 2003. NORs in Rhoeo (Commelinaceae) revisited. Caryologia 56: 31–35.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online MERTENS, T. R. 1974. Meiotic chromosome behavior in Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stern. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 83: 79–82.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online NANDA, K. & S. C. Gupta. 1977. Development of tapetal periplasmodium in Rhoeo spathacea. Phytomorphology 27: 308–314.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Garcia-Velazquez, A. 1995. Cytogenetical studies in Rhoeo spathacea (Commelinaceae) II. Characterization of an acrotrisomic plant. Cytologia 60: 319–327.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. irr. 13 IPCN online Garcia-Velazquez, A. 1995. Cytogenetical studies in Rhoeo spathacea (Commelinaceae) II. Characterization of an acrotrisomic plant. Cytologia 60: 319–327.
  Rhoeo spathacea f. concolor (Baker) Stehlé Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Pettenati, M. J. 1987. Giemsa C-banding of Rhoeo (Commelinaceae). Genetica 74: 219–224.
  Rhoeo spathacea f. concolor (Baker) Stehlé Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Lin, Y. J. 1979. Chromosome distribution and catenation in Rhoco spathacea var. concolor. Chromosoma 71: 109–127.
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Renugadevi, K. & R. Sampathkumar. 1986. On the karyomorphological delineations in some taxa of Commelinaceae. J. Cytol. Genet. 21: 115–132.
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Alam, N. & A. K. Sharma. 1984. Trends of chromosome evolution in family Commelinaceae. Nucleus 27: 231–241.
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Mahulkar, N. & U. S. Chaudhari. 1990. C-Banded karyotype in prometaphase chromosomes of Rhoeo discolor. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 77(3,VI): 142–143.
  Rhoeo spathacea f. variegata (Hook.) Stehlé Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Pettenati, M. J. 1987. Giemsa C-banding of Rhoeo (Commelinaceae). Genetica 74: 219–224.
  Rhoeo spathacea f. variegata (Hook.) Stehlé Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 12   IPCN online Lin, Y. J. 1980. Chromosome behaviour in Rhoeo spathacea var. variegata. Cytobios 27(106): 113–128.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN72 JONES, K., & c. JOPLING. 1972. Chromosomes and the classification of the Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 129-162.
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   IPCN67-71 BROWN, W.V., & S.M. STACK. 1968. somatic pairing as a regular preliminary to meiosis. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 369-378.
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   IPCN67-71 LEPPER, L. 1968. Bewahrte botanische Objekte fur das cytologische Prakitkum. Wiss. z. Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Math-Naturwiss. Reihe 17: 381-385.
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   IPCN67-71 HEITZ, B. 1967 Cornrnelinacees. Inf. Ann. Caryosyst. et Cytogenet. 1: 17-21.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 12   IPCN67-71 ZIMMERMANN, E. 1968. Mechanismus der nondisjunktionalen Chromosomenverteilung und die Ursachen der Pollensterilitat bei Rhoeo spathacea. Chromosoma (Berl.) 25: 215-248.
!   Rhoeo spathacea f. concolor (Baker) Stehlé Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   IPCN67-71 WIMBER, D.E. 1968. The nuclear cytology of bivalent and ring- forming rhoeos and their hybrids. Amer. J. Bot. 55: 572-574.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN75-78 Mertens 1974
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN75-78 Nanda & Gupta 1977
!   Tradescantia spathacea Sw. Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 eFlora  
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 (24) Darlington, 1955  
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 C-values database Bennett MD. 1972. Nuclear DNA content and minimum generation time in herbaceous plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences. 181:109-135
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 C-values database Kenton A. (pers. comm. 1984).
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   Cave1958 Caill. 1958;Flagg 1958
!   Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 12   Cave1962 Sate) 1962