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CCDBAngiospermsDioscoreaceaeDioscoreaDioscorea cayenensis

1 chromosome count in Dioscorea cayenensis:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. Dioscorea cayenensis   40 Automatic manuscript search R. Conlan,L. Griffiths,J. Napier,P. Shewry,S. Mantell and C. Ainsworth. 2004. "Isolation and characterisation of cDNA clones representing the genes encoding the major tuber storage protein (dioscorin) of yam (Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.)". Plant Molecular Biology 28:369-380.