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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeSilphiumSilphium radula Nutt.

9 chromosome counts in Silphium radula Nutt.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Silphium radula var. radula Silphium radula Nutt. 7(1)   Asteracea Fisher & C. 1962 Ohio J. Sci.
  Silphium radula Nutt. Silphium radula Nutt. 8(1)   Asteracea Smith, E. B. et al. 1992 Sida (= J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas)
  Silphium radula var. radula Silphium radula Nutt.   14(1) Asteracea Zhao 1996 Sida (= J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas)
!   Silphium simpsonii var. wrightii L. M. Perry Silphium radula Nutt.   14 IPCN online Zhao, Z. 1996. Documented chromosome numbers 1996:2. Miscellaneous U. S. A. and Mexican species, mostly Asteraceae. Sida 17(1): 259–263.
  Silphium radula Nutt. Silphium radula Nutt. 8   IPCN online Smith, E. B., P. E. Hyatt & K. D. Golden. 1992. Documented chromosome numbers 1992: 1. Chromosome numbers of some Arkansas flowering plants. Sida 15: 145–146.
!   Silphium reverchonii Bush Silphium radula Nutt.   14 IPCN67-71 SETTLE, w. J. 1967. The chromosome morphology in the genus Silphium (Compositae). Ohio Jour. Sci. 67: 10-19.
  Silphium radula var. radula Silphium radula Nutt.   14 eFlora  
  Silphium reverchonii Bush Silphium radula Nutt.   14 Fedorov, 1974 Fisher T. R., Cruden 1962
  Silphium reverchonii Bush Silphium radula Nutt. 7   Cave1962 Fisher & Cruden 1962