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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cucurbitaceae → Cucurbita → Cucurbita maxima Duchesne

12 chromosome counts in Cucurbita maxima Duchesne:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   40 IPCN online Li, R. q. 1989. Studies on Karyotypes of Vegetables in China
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   40 IPCN online Cheng, Y. c., B. k. Liu, Z. s. Jiang & Y. c. Duan. 1991. Observations of chromosome numbers of several medical plants. J. Hunan Agric. Coll. 11(2): 166–170.
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   40 IPCN online Samuel, R., S. Balasubramaniam & W. Morawetz. 1995. The karyology of some cultivated Cucurbitaceae of Sri Lanka. Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. 24(1): 17–22.
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 20   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.
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   24 Kumar, 1987 Rau, N.S. 1929a
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   40 Kumar, 1987 Castetter, E.F. 1926, 1930 ; Erwin, A.T & Haber, B.S. 1930; Passmore, S.F. 1930; Whitaker, T.W. 1930, 1956 ; Ruttle, M.L. 1931b ; Bhaduri, P.N. & Bose, P.C. 1947 ; Delay, C. 1947 ; Lauber, H. 1947 ; Pearson, O H. et a!. 1951 ; Weiling, F. 1959
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   44-48 Kumar, 1987 Lewitsky (Fedorov)
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   48 Kumar, 1987 Kozhuchow, Z.A. (Fedorov)
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   24 Darlington, 1955 Rau 1929
!   Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   24 Darlington, 1955 Yamaha & S. 1936
!   Cucurbita maxima subsp. maxima Cucurbita maxima Duchesne   40 C-values database Tatum TC, Nunez L, Kushad MM, Rayburn AL. 2006. Genome size variation in pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.). Annals of Applied Biology 149: 145-151.
!   Cucurbita maxima None Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 20   Cave1958 Whitaker 1956