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CCDB → Angiosperms → Dioscoreaceae → Dioscorea → Dioscorea alata L.
40 chromosome counts in Dioscorea alata L.:
| Name | Accepted Name | Gametophytic(n) | Sporophytic(2n) | Data Source | reference | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | IPCN online | Chin, H., M. Chang, P. Ling, C. Ting & F. Dou. 1985. A cytological study on Chinese Dioscorea L. - the chromosome numbers and their relation to the origin and evolution of the genus. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 23: 11–18. | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20 | 40, 60, 80 | IPCN online | Abraham, K. & P. G. Nair. 1991. Polyploidy and sterility in relation to sex in Dioscorea alata L. (Dioscoreaceae). Genetica 83: 93–97. | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | IPCN online | Pal, A. & A. K. Sharma. 1980. Analysis of cytotypes of Dioscorea and scope of increasing the diosgenin content. Cellule 73: 117–134. | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20 | 40,50,80 | IPCN online | Baquar, S. R. 1980. Chromosome behaviour in Nigerian yams (Dioscorea). Genetica 54: 1–9. | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 70,80 | IPCN online | Sharma, A. K. 1970. Annual report, 1967-1968. Res. Bull. Univ. Calcutta Cytogenetics Lab. 2: 1–50. | |||
| ! | Dioscorea alata var. purpurea (Roxb.) A. Pouchet | Dioscorea alata L. | 80 | IPCN67-71 | RAMACHANDRAN, K. 1968. Cytological studies in Dioscoreaceae. Cytologia 33: 401-410. | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 70 | IPCN75-78 | 80 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 60 | IPCN73-74 | RAO, V.R., R.K. BAMMI, & G.S. RANDHAWA. 1973. Interspecific hybridization in the genus Dioscorea. Ann. Bot. (London) 37: 395-401. | |||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 50, 51 | Kumar, 1987 | Martin, F.W. & Ortiz, S. 1963 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20, 50 | Kumar, 1987 | Sh~rma, A.K. & Sharma, A. 1957 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 30, 35, 40, 50, 52, 55, 66, 70 | Kumar, 1987 | Sharma, A.K. & De, D. 1955 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 30, 40 | Kumar, 1987 | Ghosh, I. & Sharma, A.K. 1969 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 30, 40, 50, 70 | Kumar, 1987 | Sharma, A.K. & De, D.N. 1956a | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | Kumar, 1987 | Miege, J. 1954; Simmonds, N.W. 1954 ; Sarkar, A .K., Chakraverty, M. et a!. 1950 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40, 45, 60, 50 | Kumar, 1987 | Bhaumik, G. 1971 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40, 60 | Kumar, 1987 | Ramachandran, K. 1965 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40, 60, 50 | Kumar, 1987 | Ramachandran, K. 1962 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 60, 50 | Kumar, 1987 | Raghavan, R.S. 1958a | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | c.51 | Kumar, 1987 | Smith, B.W. 1937 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata Linn. | Dioscorea alata L. | 60 | Kumar, 1987 | , Ghosh, I. & Sharma, A.K. 1969 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata var. purpurea (Roxb.) A. Pouchet | Dioscorea alata L. | 80 | Kumar, 1987 | Ramachandran, K. 1965 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 30,40,50,60,70,80 | eFlora | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20, 30, 40, 50, 60,70, 80, 81 | Fedorov, 1974 | Martin F. W., Ortiz 1963 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 30, 40, 50, 70 | Fedorov, 1974 | Sharma A. K., De 1956a | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | Fedorov, 1974 | Miege 1954 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | Fedorov, 1974 | Simmonds 1954 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40, 60, 80 | Fedorov, 1974 | Ramachandran 1962 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 50 | Fedorov, 1974 | Sharma A. K., Sharma A. 1957 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 60, 80 | Fedorov, 1974 | Raghavan R. S. 1958a | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | ~81 | Fedorov, 1974 | Smith B. W. 1937 | |||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | Darlington, 1955 | Simmonds 1954 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | c.81 | Darlington, 1955 | Nakajima 1936 | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | C-values database | Arumuganathan K, Earle ED. 1991. Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 9: 208-218. | ||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 80 | C-values database | Dansi A, Saïnou O, Agbangla C, Ahanhanzo C, Brown S, Adoukonou-Sagbadja H. 2005. Ploidy level and nuclear DNA content of some accessions of water yam (Dioscorea alata) collected at Savè, a district of central Benin. Plant Genet. Res. Newslet. 144: 20-23. | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40 | Cave1956supp | Miege 1954 | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 30, 40, 50, &70 | Cave1958 | Sharma & De 1956 | |||
| ! | Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20, 50 | Cave1958 | Sharma & Sharma 1957 | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40, 60, 80 | Cave1958 | Raghavan 1958a | |||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 20 | 40, 60, 80 | Cave1962 | Ramchandran 1962 | ||
| Dioscorea alata L. | Dioscorea alata L. | 40, 60 | Cave1963 | Martin & o. 1963 |