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CCDB → Angiosperms → Lamiaceae → Origanum → Origanum vulgare L.

60 chromosome counts in Origanum vulgare L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CHROBASE LOEVE A., LOEVE D. - 1982. IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI.. Taxon , 31(3): 583-587.
!   Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare Origanum vulgare L.   30 Slovakia Database Májovský J. et al., 1970b: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora Part 2. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 18: 45-60.
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 British Isles cytology Rutland, J.P. New Phytol. 40: 210-214 (1941)
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 British Isles cytology Wentworth, J.E., Bailey, J.P., Gornall, R.J. Watsonia 18: 415-418 (1991)
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 British Isles cytology Bailey, J.P., Gornall, R.J. Irish Naturalists' J. : ()
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Flora Iberica IOPB. Chromosome number reports. LIX. Loon, J. & M. de Jong.Taxon27(1): 57-60(1978).
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 flora of NW Europe http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=3511
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Flora Europaea Gadella 5 Kliphuis
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 Flora Europaea Scheerer, 1940
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Poland Database Skali?ska M., Jankun A., Wcis?o H. et al. 1971. Studies in chromosome numbers of Polish Angiosperms. Eighth contribution. Acta Biol. Cracov. Ser. Bot. 14, 55-102.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 IPCN online Ayyangar, K. R. & B. Vembu. 1985. Karyo-specific and karyo-generic affiliations amongst Mentha arvensis Benth., M. piperita Linn. and Origanum vulgare Linn. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 72(3–VI): 127.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   IPCN online Saggoo, M. I. 1983. Cytomorphological studies on plants of economic importance of Bicarpellatae from India. 259 pp.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   28 IPCN online Magulaev, A. V. 1984. Cytotaxonomic study in some flowering plants of the North Caucasus. Bot. Zhurn. SSSR 69(4): 511–517.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   IPCN online Bir, S. S. & M. I. S. Saggoo. 1984. Cytological studies on the family Labiatae from Gharwal Himalayas. In: G.S. Paliwal (editor), The Vegetational Wealth of the Himalayas. pp. 471–482.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   IPCN online Gill, L. S. 1984. The incidence of polyploidy in the West-Himalayan Labiatae. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 7: 5–16.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   IPCN online Gill, L. S. 1981. Chromosomal evolution and incidence of polyploidy in the Canadian Labiatae. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 4: 331–339.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Krasnikov, A. A. & D. N. Schaulo. 1990. Chromosome numbers in representatives of some families of vascular plants in the flora of the Novosibirsk region. II. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 75: 118–120.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Wentworth, J. E., J. P. Bailey & R. J. Gornall. 1991. Contributions to a cytological catalogue of the British and Irish flora, 1. Watsonia 18: 415–417.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Van Loon, J. C. & A. K. V. Setten. 1982. IN: IOPB Plant chromosome number reports. Taxon 31: 589–592.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Stepanov, N. V. & E. N. Muratova. 1995. Chromosome numbers of some taxa of higher plants of Krasnoyarsk territory. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 80(6): 114–116.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Dobea, C., B. Hahn & W. Morawetz. 1997. Chromosomenzahlen zur Gefässpflanzen-Flora Österreichs. Linzer Biol. Beitr. 29(1): 5–43.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   IPCN online Khatoon, S. & S. I. Ali. 1993. Chromosome Atlas of the Angiosperms of Pakistan. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Albers, F. & W. Pröbsting. 1998. In R. Wisskirchen & H. Haeupler, Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands. Bundesamt für Naturschutz & Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Lövkvist, B. & U. M. Hultgård. 1999. Chromosome numbers in south Swedish vascular plants. Opera Bot. 137: 1–42.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15 30 IPCN online Gill, L. S. 1981a. Biosystematics of the tribe Satureineae (Labiatae) in Canada I. Cytologia 46: 45–55.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online LOON VAN, J. C. & H. D. JONG. 1978. In IOPB chromosome number reports LIX. Taxon 27: 53–61.
  Origanum vulgare subsp. viride (Boiss.) Hayek Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN online Strid, A. & R. Franzen. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 829–842.
!   Origanum vulgare var. formosanum Hayata Origanum vulgare L. 16   IPCN67-71 HSU, C.-C. 1968. Preliminary chromosome studies on the vascular plants of Taiwan (II). Taiwania No. 14: 11-27.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   IPCN67-71 GILL, L.S. 1971. Cytology of west-Himalayan Labiatae: tribe Satureineae. Caryologia 24: 203-207.
!   Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN67-71 MAJOVSKY, J., ET. AL. 1970. Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora. (Part 2). Acta Fae. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae Bot. 18: 45-60.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN67-71 SKALINSKA, M., A. JANKUN, H. WCISLO ET AL. 1971. Studies in chromosome numbers of Polish Angiosperms. Eighth contribution. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 14: 55-102.
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IPCN67-71 MARKOWA, M., & P. IVANOVA. 1971. Karyologische Untersuchungen der Vertreter der Fam. Boraginaceae, Labiatae und Scrophulariaceae in Bulgarian. II. Mitt. Bot. Inst. Bulg. Akad. Wiss. 21: 123-131.
!   Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare Origanum vulgare L.   32 Love, 1948 Scheerer 1940.
!   Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare Origanum vulgare L.   30 Love, 1948 Rutland 1941.
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Kumar, 1987 Rutland, J.P. 1941 ; Larsen, K. 1960; Gadella, T.W.J. & Kliphuis, E. 1963; Gill, L.S. 1971a ; Skali6~ka, M. et al. 1971 ; Morton, J.K. 1973 ; Van Loon, J. Chr. & de Jong, H. 1978
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30, 32 Kumar, 1987 Pal, S. 1971
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 Kumar, 1987 Scheerer, H. 1940 ; Delay, C. 1947
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Fedorov, 1974 Rutland 1941
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Fedorov, 1974 Larsen 1960b
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Fedorov, 1974 Gadella, Kliphuis 1963
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Scheerer 1940
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Delay 1947
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Darlington, 1955 Rutland 1941
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 Darlington, 1955 Scheerer 1939
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 C-values database Mowforth MA.1986. Variation in nuclear DNA amounts in flowering plants: an ecological analysis. PhD. Thesis, University of Sheffield. Specific reference for Poa annua in Mowforth MA and Grime JP. 1989. Intra-Population Variation in Nuclear DNA Amount
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   2n = 30 Austria_checklist Dobe?, Ch., Hahn, B., & Morawetz, W. 1997. Chromosomenzahlen zur Gef??pflanzen-Flora ?sterreichs. Linzer Biol.Beitr. 29[1], 5-43.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 Cave1963 Gadella & Klip, 1963
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   CromoCat 2015 Gill, L. S. (1981b). Chromosomal evolution and incidence of polyploidy in the Canadian Labiatae Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 4: 331–339
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   CromoCat 2015 Gill, L. S. (1984). The incidence of polyploidy in the West-Himalayan Labiatae. Revue de Cytologie et de Biologie Végétales, le Botaniste 7: 5-16.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L. 15   CromoCat 2015 Khatoon, S. & Ali, S. I. (1993). Chromosome Atlas of the Angiosperms of Pakistan. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   28 CromoCat 2015 Magulaev, A. Y. (1984). Cytotaxonomix study in some flowering plants of the North Caucasus. Bot. Žurn. 69: 511-517.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Dobeš, C., Hahn, B. & Morawetz, W. (1997). Chromosomenzahlen zur Gefässpflanzen-Flora Österreichs. Linzer Biol. Beitr. 29(1): 5-43.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Loon van, J. C. & de Jong, H. (1978). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LIX]. Taxon 27(1): 56-61.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Loon van, J. C. & van Setten, A. K. (1982). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXXVI]. Taxon 31(3): 589-592.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Löve, A. & Löve, D. (1982c). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXXVI]. Taxon 31(3): 583-587.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Lövkvist, B. & Hultgård, U.-M. (1999). Chromosome numbers in south Swedish vascular plants Opera botanica 137: 1-42
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Markova, M. & Ivanova, P. (1971b). Karyologische Untersuchungen der Vertreter der Fam. Boraginaceae, Labiatae und Scrophulariaceae in Bulgarien. II. Bull. Inst. Bot. 21: 123-131.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   32 CromoCat 2015 Ayyangar, K. R. & Vembu, B. (1985). Karyo-specific and karyo-generic affiliations amongst Mentha arvensis Benth., M. piperita Linn. and Origanum vulgare Linn. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 72(3–VI): 127.
!   Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 CromoCat 2015 Strid, A. & R. Franzén. (1981). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXXIII]. Taxon 30(4): 829-842.
  Origanum vulgare L. Origanum vulgare L.   30 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 26