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CCDBAngiospermsCommelinaceaeTradescantiaTradescantia virginiana L.

29 chromosome counts in Tradescantia virginiana L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   12, 24 flora of NW Europe http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=4240
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L. 12   IPCN online  
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 IPCN online Renugadevi, K. & R. Sampathkumar. 1986. On the karyomorphological delineations in some taxa of Commelinaceae. J. Cytol. Genet. 21: 115–132.
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L. 06-   IPCN online Fujishima, H. 1980. Educational reconsideration of the meiosis of Tradescantia canaliculata and T. virginiana Seibutsu Kyoiku. 21: 28–29.
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 IPCN online Uhrikova, A. & V. Ferakova. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXIX. Taxon 29: 726–727.
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L. 12   IPCN67-71 HEITZ, B. 1967 Cornrnelinacees. Inf. Ann. Caryosyst. et Cytogenet. 1: 17-21.
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   18, 24 IPCN67-71 BAILEY, P.C., & K.B. LUQUIRE. 1967. The chromosome morphology of some Alabame populations of Tradescantia. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 94: 71-83.
  Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L. 12   IPCN75-78 Koul et al. 1976b
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   12 Kumar, 1987 Anderson, E. & Sax, K. 1936
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   12, 24 Kumar, 1987 Anderson, E. 1954
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   18 Kumar, 1987 Darlington, C.D. 1937
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   18, 24 Kumar, 1987 Bailey, P.C. & Luquire, K.B. 1967
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 Kumar, 1987 Guignard, L. 1891 ; Miyake, K. 1905 ; Navaschin, S. 1911 ; Belling, J. 1927a ; Shadowsky, A.E. (Fedoroy) ; Nebel, B.R. 1932a, b ; Delay, C. 1947 ; Vosa, C.G. 1961 ; Lima-de- Faria, A. & Bose, S. 1962 ; Gulcan, R. & Sybenga, J. 1967 ; Heitz, B. 1967a; Ichikawa, S. & Sparrow, A.H. 1967 ; Uhrikova; A. & Ferakova, v. 1980
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24, 24+1-6B, 24+68 Kumar, 1987 Vosa, C.G 1962
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   12,24 eFlora  
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   12 Fedorov, 1974 Anderson E., Sax 1936
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   12, 24 Fedorov, 1974 Anderson E. 1954
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   18 Fedorov, 1974 Darlington 1937b
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 Fedorov, 1974 Guignard 1891
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 Fedorov, 1974 Miyake 1905
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 Fedorov, 1974 HanaiiiJm C. r. 1911
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 Fedorov, 1974 Belling 1927a
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24, 24+1-6B Fedorov, 1974 Darlington 1929a
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24+6B Fedorov, 1974 Vosa 1962 (I. 1962J
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 + 0-6B Darlington, 1955  
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 C-values database Martínez A, Ginzo HD. 1985. DNA content in Tradescantia. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 27: 766-775.
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24+6B Cave1962 Vosa 1962
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L.   24 Cave1963 Darlington & Vosa 1963
!   Tradescantia virginiana L. Tradescantia virginiana L. 12   Cave1963 Lima-de-Faria & B. 1962