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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cucurbitaceae → Coccinia → Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt

18 chromosome counts in Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   22+XY IPCN online Bhar, N. C. & K. B. DATTA. 1982. Cytomorphological studies in diploid and induced tetraploid of Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 69(3–VI): 216.
  Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 IPCN online Bhar, N. C. & K. B. DATTA. 1981. Giemsa banding pattern in Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 68 (Sect. VI): 96.
  Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt 12   IPCN online Beevy, S. S. & P. Kuriachan. 1996. Chromosome numbers of south Indian Cucurbitaceae and a note on the cytological evolution in the family. J. Cytol. Genet. 31(1): 65–71.
  Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 IPCN online Bhar, N. C. & K. B. DATTA. 1980. Giemsa banding pattern in Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. (IV, A) 67: 35–36.
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt 12   IPCN online Agarwal, P. K. & R. P. Roy. 1983. X-ray irradiation studies on Coccinia indica W. et A. Cytologia 48: 691–697.
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 IPCN online Mukherjee, P. 1975. Sex chromosome studies of certain members of the unisexual families. J. Cytol. Genet. 9–10: 42–49.
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 IPCN online Ayyangar, K. R. 1976. Karyo-taxonomy, karyo-genetics and karyogeography of Cucurbitaceae. In P.K.K. Nair (editor), Aspects of Plant Sciences Today & Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers, New Delhi. 2: 85–116.
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt 12 24 IPCN online Chattopadhyay, D. & A. K. Sharma. 1991. Chromosome studies and nuclear DNA in relation to sex difference and plant habit in two species of Cucurbitaceae. Cytologia 56: 409–417.
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24(22+XY, 22+XX) IPCN online Guha, A., R. K. Sinha & S. Sinha. 2005. Cytological, cytochemical and electrophoretic distinction of a dioecious cucurbit, Coccinia indica. Cytologia 70: 53–57.
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 IPCN online Guha. 2004. Average packing ratio as a parameter for analyzing the karyotypes of dioecious cucurbits. Caryologia 57(1): 117–120.
  Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt 12   IPCN online Sarkar, A. K., M. Chakraverty, S. K. DAS, C. R. Pal & D. Hazara. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVII. Taxon 29: 358–360.
!   Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 Kumar, 1987 Bhar, N.C. & Datta, K.B. 1981
  Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 Kumar, 1987 Bhaduri, P.N. & Bose, P.C. 1947; Chakravarti, A.K. 1948b XXY) Kumar, L S.S. & Vishveshwaraiah, S. 1952
!   Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 Kumar, 1987 Sarkar, A.K., Ch<ikraverty, M. et al. 1980
!   Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 Darlington, 1955 Chakravorti 1948
!   Coccinia indica Wight & Arn. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 C-values database Chattopadhyay D, Sharma AK. 1991. Chromosome studies and nuclear DNA in relation to sex difference and plant habit in two species of Cucurbitaceae. Cytologia 56: 409-417.
!   Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   24 C-values database Sousa A, Fuchs J, Renner SS. 2013. Molecular cytogenetic (FISH, GISH) of Coccinia grandis: A ca. 3 myr-old species of Cucurbitaceae with the largest Y/autosome divergence in flowering plants. Cytogenetic and Genome Research: (in press).
!   Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt   22+xy Cave1962 Roy & Mishra 1962