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CCDBAngiospermsLamiaceaeSalviaSalvia hispanica L.

7 chromosome counts in Salvia hispanica L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L.   12 IPCN online Mercado, P., G. Palomino & T. P. Ramamoorthy. 1988. Chromosome number reports XCVIII. Taxon 37: 195.
  Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L. 6   IPCN online Haque, M. S. 1982. Meiotic studies in some species of Salvia L. Indian J. Bot. 5: 83–86.
  Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L.   12 IPCN online Mercado, P., T. P. Ramamoorthy & G. Palomino. 1989. Karyotypes of five Mexican species of Salvia subgenus Calosphace (Lamiaceae). Cytologia 54: 605–608.
  Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L. 6II 12 IPCN online Estilai, A., A. Hashemi & K. Truman. 1990. Chromosome number and meiotic behavior of cultivated chia, Salvia hispanica (Lamiaceae). HortScience 25: 1646–1647.
  Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L. 6 12 IPCN online Haque, M. S. 1981. Chromosome numbers in the genus Salvia Linn. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 47: 419–426.
  Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L.   12 IPCN online Haque, M. S. & K. K. Ghoshal. 1980. Karyotypes and chromosome morphology in the genus Salvia Linn. Cytologia 45: 627–640.
!   Salvia hispanica L. Salvia hispanica L.   12 Darlington, 1955 Scheel 1931