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CCDB → Angiosperms → Lauraceae → Laurus → Laurus nobilis L.

18 chromosome counts in Laurus nobilis L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   48 Flora Iberica Chromosome atlas of flowering plants. Darlintong, C. D. & A. P. Wylie.*(1955).
!   Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42, 48 flora of NW Europe http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=1587
!   Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42 Flora Europaea Bambacioni-
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, 72 IPCN online Todua, B. T. 1987. Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452.
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   48 IPCN online Okada, H. & R. TANAKA. 1975. Karyological studies in some species of Lauraceae. Taxon 24: 271–280.
!   Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42 Kumar, 1987 Bambacioni-Mezzetti, V. 1935, 1938 (Ll)ve, A. & Ll)ve, D. 1961 b) ; Battag- lia, E. 1947
!   Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   48 Kumar, 1987 Janaki Amrnal, E.K. (D. 1955) ; Okada, H. & Tanaka, R. 1975
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   36 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42 CromoCat 2015 Bambacioni-Mezzetti, V. (1936). Ricerche morfologiche sulle Lauraceae. Lo sviluppo dell'ovuloe dei sacchi pollinici nel Laurus nobilis L. Ann. Bot. (London) 21: 186-204.
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42 CromoCat 2015 Bambacioni-Mezzetti, V. (1938). Nuovo caso di formazione di diadi nella microsporogenesi del Laurus nobilis L Ann. Bot. (London) 21: 322-332.
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42 CromoCat 2015 Battaglia, E. (1947). La natura verosimilente ibrida e poliploide de Laurus nobilis L. revelata dall'analise citogenetica. Rendic. R. Acc. Naz. Lincei, Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. 8 A, 2: 463-467.
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   42 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   48 CromoCat 2015 Okada, H. & R. Tanaka. (1975). Kariological studies in some species of Lauraceae. Taxon 24(2/3): 271-280.
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   48 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   54 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   60 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   66 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452
  Laurus nobilis L. Laurus nobilis L.   72 CromoCat 2015 Todua, B. T. (1987). Karyolody of laurel species and forms. Dokl. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. Biol. 3: 445–452