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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeCentaureaCentaurea besseriana DC.

3 chromosome counts in Centaurea besseriana DC.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Centaurea ovina subsp. besseriana (DC.) Dostál Centaurea besseriana DC.   18, 2C (=2x=1.8pg)(1, 1) Asteracea Bennett & L. 2011 Ann. Bot.
!   Centaurea ovina subsp. besseriana (DC.) Dostál Centaurea besseriana DC.   18 IPCN online Bancheva, S. & J. Greilhuber. 2006. Genome size in Bulgarian Centaurea s.l. (Asteraceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 257: 95–117.
!   Centaurea ovina subsp. besseriana (DC.) Dostál Centaurea besseriana DC.   18 C-values database Bancheva S, Greilhuber J. 2006. Genome size in Bulgarian Centaurea s.l. (Asteraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 257: 95-117.