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81 chromosome counts in Medicago falcata L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CHROBASE MARIANI A. - 1963. Determinazione del numero cromosomico di alcune specie di Medicago con particolare riguardo alla Medicago tubercolata Willd.. Caryologia , 16(1): 139-142.
!   Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   16 CHROBASE BARCACCIA G., MAZZUCATO A., FALCINELLI M., VERONESI F. - 1996. Callose localization in cell walls during meiotic and apomeiotic megasporogenesis in diploid alfalfa.. Caryologia , 49(1): 45-56.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Slovakia Database Májovský J. et al., 1974a: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora (Part 3). - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 22: 1-20.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Slovakia Database Májovský J. et al., 1974a: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora (Part 3). - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 22: 1-20.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 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.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Slovakia Database Leskovjanská A., 2007: [New records in Cirsium, Eupatorium, Lapsana, Leontodon, Medicago, Melilotus, Plantago, Salvia, Senecio, Silene, Sonchus, Tanacetum, Thlaspi, Trifolium, and Veronica], pp. 195, 251, 355, 359, 384, 387, 453, 518, 536, 549, 555, 568, 582, 592, 603. - In: Marhold K., Mártonfi P., Mereďa P. jun., Mráz P. (eds), Chromosome number survey of the ferns and flowering plants of Slovakia. Veda, Bratislava.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 11
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L. 8   IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 13
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IAPT/IOPB  
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IAPT/IOPB  
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Flora Iberica Contribuiao para o conhecimento citotaxonmico das spermatophyta de Portugal. IX. Cruciferae Fernandes, A. & M. Queirs.Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 252: 79-164(1978).
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Flora Iberica Contribuiao para o conhecimento citotaxonmico das spermatophyta de Portugal. IX. Cruciferae Fernandes, A., M. F. Santos & M. Queirs.Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 251: 137-186(1977).
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Poland Database Skali?ska M., Pogan E. et al. 1966. Further studies in chromosome numbers of Polish Angiosperms. Sixth contribution. Acta Biol. Cracov. Ser. Bot. 9, 31-58.
!   Medicago falcata subsp. glandulosa Mert. & W. D. J. Koch Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN65 Koingharov & K. 1965b
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 IPCN online Savova, D., P. R. A. Mazyad & F. Felber. 1996. Cytogeography of Medicago falcata L. and M. sativa L. in Switzerland. Bot. Helv. 106: 197–207.
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32ü16ü32 IPCN online Belaeva, V. A. & V. Siplivinsky. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 857–860.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Baltisberger, M. 1987. Chromosomenzahlen einiger Pflanzen aus Albanien. Ber. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rübel 53: 47–63.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 IPCN online Magulaev, A. Y. 1992. About cytogeography of Medicago L. species in the northern Caucasus flora. Pp. 33–34 <in> Tezisy III Soveshchanie po Kariologii Rastenii.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN online Yan, G. x., S. z. Zhang, J. f. Yan, X. q. Fu & L. y. Wang. 1989. Chromosome numbers and geographical distribution of 68 species of forage plants. Grassl. China 4: 53–60.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L. 16   IPCN online Jahan, B., A. A. Vahidy & S. I. Ali. 1994. Chromosome numbers in some taxa of Fabaceae mostly native to Pakistan. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81: 792–799.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN online Mĕsíček, J. 1992. In J. M|3esí|3ccek & V. Jav@0urková-Jarolímová, List of Chromosome Numbers of the Czech Vascular Plants. Academia, Praha.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Fernandes, A. & M. QUEIROS. 1978. Contribution à la connaissance cytotaxinomique des Spermatophyta du Portugal. IV. Leguminosee (Suppl. 3). Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2 52: 79–164.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN online KLIPHUIS, E. 1977. In IOPB chromosome number reports LVI. Taxon 26: 257–274.
  Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Agarwal, K. & P. K. Gupta. 1983. Cytological studies in the genus Medicago Linn. Cytologia 48: 781–793.
  Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN online Small, E. & G. R. Bauchan. 1984. Chromosome numbers of the Medicago sativa complex in Turkey. Canad. J. Bot. 62: 749–752.
  Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Small, E. & G. R. Bauchan. 1984. Chromosome numbers of the Medicago sativa complex in Turkey. Canad. J. Bot. 62: 749–752.
  Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Lövkvist, B. & U. M. Hultgård. 1999. Chromosome numbers in south Swedish vascular plants. Opera Bot. 137: 1–42.
  Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Van Loon, J. C. & B. Kieft. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVIII. Taxon 29: 538–542.
  Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN online Fernandes, A., M. F. SANTOS & M. QUEIROS. 1977. Contribution à la connaissance cytotaxonomique des Spermatophyta de Portugal. Leguminosae. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2 51: 137–186.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN66 McLennan et al. 1966
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN66 Skalinska et al. 1966
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 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.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN67-71 SIMON, J. P., & A SIMON. 1965. Relationship in annual species of Medicago. I. Number and morphology of chromosomes. Austral. Jour. Agric. Res. 16: 37-50.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 IPCN75-78 Kliphuis 1977
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IPCN75-78 Fernandes & Queiros 1978
!   Medicago falcata subsp. falcata Medicago falcata L.   32 Love, 1948 Julen 1944.
!   Medicago falcata subsp. falcata Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Love, 1948 Ledingham 1940.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 IPCN73-74 CLEMENT, W.M., JR. 1962. Chromosome numbers and taxonomic relationships in Medicago. Crop Sci. (Madison) 2: 25-28.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 IPCN73-74 MAJOVSKY, J., ET AL. 1974. Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora. (Part 3). Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae Bot. 22: 1-20.
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Kumar, 1987 Ledingham, G.F. 1940; Bolton, I.L. & Greenshields, J .E.R. 1950 ; Sinskaja & Maleeva (Fedorov) ; Lesins, K. & Lesins, I. 1964 ; Kozuharov, S.I. & Kuzmanov, V.A. 1965; Simon, J.P. & Simon, A. 1965; Gillies, C.B. 1970a ; Kliphuis, E. 1977
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Kumar, 1987 Fryer, J.R. 1930; Sinskaya, E.N. (Fedotov) ; Lesins, K. 1952 ; Mariani, A. 1963
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Kumar, 1987 Karpechenko (Tischler, G. 1927) ; Ghimpu, V. 1929b, 1930 ; Tschechow, W.P. (Fedorov); Tischler, G. 1934; Cooper, D.C. 1935b ; Sinskaya, E.N. (Fedorov) ; Julen, G. 1944; Pogan (Skali6.ska, M. et al. 1966) ; Majov- sky, J. et al. 1970b
!   Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   32 Kumar, 1987 Van Loon, J. Chr. & Kieft, B. 1980
  Medicago borealis Grossh. Medicago falcata L.   16, 18 Fedorov, 1974 CnHcKaJI, Man:eeBa 1959
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Ledingham 1940
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Bolton, Greenshields 1950
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 CHHcKaH, MaJieesa 1959 lupu
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Lesins K., Lesins I. 1964
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Kozugharov, Kuzmanov 1965a
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Fedorov, 1974 Fryer 1930
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Fedorov, 1974 CHHcKaH 1950
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Fedorov, 1974 Lesins K. 1952
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Fedorov, 1974 Mariani 1963
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Rapne'!eHKo (T. 1927)
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Ghimpu 1929b, 1930 llexos 1932
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Tischler 1934
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Cooper D. C. 1935b
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 CHHCKaH 1941, 1945
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Julen 1944
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 Fedorov, 1974 Pogan (Skalbiska et al. 1966)
!   Medicago quasifalcata Sinskaya Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 CHHcKa~ 1941, 1945, 1948, 1950
!   Medicago quasifalcata Sinskaya Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 CHHeKaH, MaHeeBa 1959
!   Medicago quasifalcata Sinskaya Medicago falcata L.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Heyn . C. 1956
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16, 32 Darlington, 1955 Ledingham 1940
!   Medicago sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. Medicago falcata L.   16 C-values database Blondon F, Marie D, Brown S, Kondorosi A. 1994. Genome size and base composition in Medicago sativa and Medicago truncatula species. Genome 37: 264-270.
  Medicago borealis Grossh. Medicago falcata L.   16, 18 Cave1959 Sinskaya et al. 1959
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 Cave1963 Mariani 1963
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L. 16   CromoCat 2015 Jahan, B., Vahidy, A. A. & Ali, S. I. (1994). Chromosome numbers in some taxa Fabaceae mostly native to Pakistan. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gar. 81:792-799
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L. 0 8 CromoCat 2015 Kaur, D. & Singhal, V. K (2012). IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 13 Taxon 61:894-895
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Castroviejo & al. (2003). Flora Iberica (vol. I-VIII, X, XIV) Publicaciones del CSIC Madrid
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Kliphuis, E. (1977). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LVI]. Taxon 26(2/3): 267-268.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Kozuharov, S. & Kuzmanov, B. (1965a). Chromosome numbers of flowering plants in Bulgaria. Bull. Inst. Bot. 15: 255 -258.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Kozuharov, S., Petrova, A. & Markova, T. (1975a). Cytotaxonomic study on Bulgarian Leguminosae species. In: In honour acad. D. Jordanov : 31-47.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Krivenko, D. A., Kotseruba, V. V., Kazanovsky, S. G., Verkhozina, A. V. & Stepanov, A. V. (2011). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 11 Taxon 59 (4): 1222
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Lesins, K. & Lesins, I. (1964). Diploid Medicago falcata L. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 6: 152-163.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 CromoCat 2015 Belaeva, V. A. & Siplivinsky, V. N. (1981). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXXIII]. Taxon 30(4): 857-860.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 CromoCat 2015 Castroviejo & al. (2003). Flora Iberica (vol. I-VIII, X, XIV) Publicaciones del CSIC Madrid
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 CromoCat 2015 Fernandes, A. & Queirós, M. (1978a). Contribuiçao para o conhecimento citotaxonómico das Spermatophyta de Portugal. IX. Cruciferae. Bol. Soc. Brot. 52: 79-164.
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   16 CromoCat 2015 Kozuharov, S., Petrova, A. & Markova, T. (1973). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports XL]. Taxon 22(2/3): 287-288.
!   Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32ü16ü32 CromoCat 2015 Belaeva, V. A. & Siplivinsky, V. N. (1981). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXXIII]. Taxon 30(4): 857-860.
  Medicago falcata L. Medicago falcata L.   32 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 21