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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cucurbitaceae → Cucumis → Cucumis zeyheri Sond.

11 chromosome counts in Cucumis zeyheri Sond.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   24 IPCN65 Shimotsuma 1965 se' 97
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   24 IPCN online SINGH, A. K. & K. S. Yadava. 1984. Cytogenetics of Cucumis L. IV. Comparative study of natural and induced polyploids. Cytologia 49: 183–192.
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   24, 48 IPCN online Nijs, A. P. M. d. & D. L. Visser. 1985. Relationships between African species of the genus Cucumis L. estimated by the production, vigour and fertility of F1 hybrids. Euphytica 34: 279–290.
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond. 12, 11II+2I   IPCN online Dane, F., D. W. Denna & T. Tsuchiya. 1980. Evolutionary studies of wild species in the genus Cucumis. Z. Pflanzenz;auucht. 85: 89–109.
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   24, 48 IPCN online Raamsdonk, L. W. D. v. & D. C. Visser. 1991. Autotetraploidy in Cucumis zeyheri and a derived new species C. diniae (Cucurbitaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 12: 327–334.
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   48 IPCN online Dane, F. & T. Tsuchiya. 1979. Meiotic chromosome and pollen morphological studies of polyploid Cucumis species. Euphytica 28: 563–567.
  Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   24,48 IPCN online Dane, F. & T. Tsuchiya. 1976. Chromosome studies in the genus Cucumis. Euphytica 25: 367–374.
  Cucumis prophetarum subsp. zeyheri (Sond.) C. Jeffrey Cucumis zeyheri Sond. 12 24 IPCN online Yadava, K. S., A. K. Singh & H. C. Arya. 1984. Cytogenetic investigation in Cucumis L. I. Meiotic analysis in twenty- four Cucumis species. Cytologia 49: 1–9.
  Cucumis diniae Raamsdonk & Visser Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   48 IPCN online Raamsdonk, L. W. D. v. & D. C. Visser. 1991. Autotetraploidy in Cucumis zeyheri and a derived new species C. diniae (Cucurbitaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 12: 327–334.
!   Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   24 C-values database Ramachandran C, Narayan RKJ. 1985. Chromosomal DNA variation in Cucumis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 69: 497-502.
!   Cucumis zeyheri Sond. Cucumis zeyheri Sond.   48 C-values database Ramachandran C, Narayan RKJ. 1985. Chromosomal DNA variation in Cucumis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 69: 497-502.