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CCDB → Angiosperms → Lauraceae → Persea → Persea americana Mill.

14 chromosome counts in Persea americana Mill.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 IPCN online Chen, R. y. 1993. (editor), Chromosome Atlas of Chinese Fruit Trees and Their Close Wild Relatives. Chromosome Atlas Chin. Princ. Econ. Pl. 1.
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24,36,48 IPCN online GARCIA, A. 1975. Cytogenetic studies in the genus Persea (Lauraceae). I: Karyology of seven species. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 17: 173–180.
!   Persea gratissima C. F. Gaertn. Persea americana Mill. 12   IPCN online Bedi, Y. S., S. S. Bir & B. S. Gill. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVII. Taxon 29: 353–355.
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 IPCN75-78 Okada & Tanaka 1975
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Kumar, 1987 Bowden, W.M. 1940b, 1945a; Janaki Ammal, E.K. (D. 1945) ; Simmonds, N.W. 1954 ; Okada, H. & Tanaka, R. 1975
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24, 36, 48 Kumar, 1987 Garcia, V.A. 1975
!   Persea americana var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) S. F. Blake Persea americana Mill.   24 Kumar, 1987 Krishnaswamy, N. & Raman, V.S. 1949
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Fedorov, 1974 Bowden 1940b, 1954a
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Fedorov, 1974 D. 1945)
  Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Fedorov, 1974 Simmonds 1954
!   Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Darlington, 1955 Bowden 1940b,
!   Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 Darlington, 1955 EKJ*
!   Persea americana Mill. Persea americana Mill.   24 C-values database Arumuganathan K, Earle ED. 1991. Nuclear DNA content of some important plant species. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 9: 208-218.