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9 chromosome counts in Cosmos caudatus Kunth:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth 24(1)   Asteracea Turner & K. 1964 Southw. Naturalist
!   Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth ca.24, 24(1, 1)   Asteracea Robinson et al. 1981 Smithsonian Contrib. Bot.
  Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth c.24, 24   IPCN online Robinson, H., A. M. Powell, R. M. King & J. F. Weedin. 1981. Chromosome Numbers in Compositae, XII: Heliantheae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 52: 1–28.
  Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth 12II   IPCN online Keil, D. J., M. A. Luckow & D. J. Pinkava. 1988. Chromosome studies in Asteraceae from the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. Amer. J. Bot. 75: 652–668.
  Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth 24II   IPCN online Melchert, T. E. 1990. Cosmos caudatus (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae) in México: a cytotaxonomic reappraisal. Phytologia 69(3): 200–215.
  Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth 24 48 IPCN online Jose, J. C. & P. M. Mathew. 1995. Chromosome numbers in the south Indian Heliantheae (Compositae). Compositae Newslett. 27: 7–10.
!   Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth 24   IPCN67-71 MELCHERT, T.E. 1968. Systematic studies in the Coreopsidinae: Cytotaxonomy of Mexican and Guatemalan Cosmos. Amer. J. Bot. 55: 345-353.
!   Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth 24   IPCN73-74 POWELL, A.M., D.W. KYHOS, & P.H. RAVEN. 1974. Chromosome numbers in Compositae. X. Amer. J. Bot. 61: 909-913.
!   Cosmos caudatus Kunth Cosmos caudatus Kunth   48 eFlora