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CCDBAngiospermsLeguminosaeTephrosiaTephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.

45 chromosome counts in Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11, 22 22, 44 IPCN online Srivastav, P. K. & S. N. Raina. 1986. Cytogenetics of Tephrosia VI. Meiotic systems in some taxa. Cytologia 51: 359–373.
  Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN online Kumari, S. & S. S. Bir. 1990. Karyomorphological evolution in Papilionaceae. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 173–219.
  Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN online Kameswara Rao, C. 1979. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIII. Taxon 28: 276–277.
  Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN online Sanjappa, M. & R. P. Bhatt. 1976. In IOPB chromosome number reports LIII. Taxon 25: 483–500.
  Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11 22 IPCN online Bir, S. S. & S. Kumari. 1977. Evolutionary status of Leguminosae from Pachmarhi, central India. Nucleus 20: 94–98.
  Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN online Bir, S. S. & S. Kumari. 1978. In IOPB chromosome number reports LIX. Taxon 27: 53–61.
  Tephrosia purpurea var. purpurea Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN online Bairiganjan, G. C. & S. N. Patnaik. 1989. Chromosomal evolution in Fabaceae. Cytologia 54: 51–64.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11 22 IPCN online Agarwal, K. & P. K. Gupta. 1983. Cytological studies in the genus Tephrosia Pers. Cytologia 48: 795–801.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22, 44 IPCN online SINGH, A. K., S. N. Raina & S. K. Joshi. 1976. Cytogenetics of semi arid plants I. Cytological studies in Tephrosia purpurea. J. Cytol. Genet. 11: 56–59.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN online Krishnappa, D. G. & I. Basavaraj. 1978. Karyotypic analysis in four species of Tephrosia. J. Cytol. Genet. 13: 26–30.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN online Sarkar, A. K., N. DATTA, U. Chatterjee & D. Hazra. 1982. In: IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI. Taxon 31: 576–579.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11, 22 22, 44 IPCN online Srivastav, P. K. & S. N. Raina. 1986. Cytogenetics of Tephrosia VI. Meiotic systems in some taxa. Cytologia 51: 359–373.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN online Yeh, M. S., H. YUASA & F. Maekawa. 1986. Chromosome numbers in the Leguminosae. Sci. Rep. Res. Inst. Evol. Biol. 3: 57–71.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN online Kumari, S. & S. S. Bir. 1990. Karyomorphological evolution in Papilionaceae. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 173–219.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11, 22   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.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22, 44 IPCN online Gupta, S., M. K. Bairathi & R. K. Raghuvanshi. 1994. Cytomorphological studies on natural tetraploids in Tephrosia purpurea Pers. Cell Chromosome Res. 17(2&3): 77–80.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22, 44 IPCN online Gupta, S., M. K. Bairathi & R. K. Raghuvanshi. 1994. Cytomorphological studies of spontaneous tetraploids from the populations of Tephrosia purpurea Pers. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 81(3:VIII): 108.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11ü11ü11 22ü IPCN online Kameswara Rao, C. 1979. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIII. Taxon 28: 276–277.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   24 IPCN online BHATT, R. P. 1976. In IOPB chromosome number reports LIII. Taxon 25: 483–500.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 8 16 IPCN online SANDS, V. E. 1975. The cytoevolution of the Australian Papilionaceae. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 100: 118–155.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN online Sareen, T. S. & R. TREHAN. 1977. Cytological studies in some Papilionaceae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 64. 156.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN online Sharma, A. K. 1970. Annual report, 1967-1968. Res. Bull. Univ. Calcutta Cytogenetics Lab. 2: 1–50.
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN66 Bir & Sidhu 1966
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN67-71 BIR, S.S. & S. SIDHU. 1967. Cytological observations on the North Indian members of family Leguminosae. Nucleus 10: 47-63.
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN67-71 GUPTA, P.K . & R. GUPTA. 1971. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXXII. Taxon 20: 349-356:"
!   Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN75-78 Bir & Kumari 1978
!   Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11 22 IPCN75-78 Bir & Kumari 1977
!   Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN75-78 Sanjappa & Bhatt 1976
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IPCN75-78 Sareen & Trehan 1977
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN75-78 Sharma 1970
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 8 16 IPCN75-78 Sands 1975
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   24 IPCN75-78 Bhatt 1976
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 11   IPCN73-74 SINHA, S.S.N., & R. PRASAD. 1973. Meiotic studies in some Indian Leguminosae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 60(III): 320-321.
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 22   IPCN73-74 SINHA, S.S.N., R. PRASAD, & R. KESWAMI. 1972. Cytological studies in some medicinal plants of Chhotanagpur. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 59(III): 349.
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   16 Kumar, 1987 Sands, V.E. 1975
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 Kumar, 1987 Miege, J. 1960a; Bir, S.S. & Sidhu, S. 1966, 1967; Gupta, P.K. & Gupta, R. 1971 ; Sinha, S.S.N. et at. 1972 ; Sinha, S.S.N. & Prasad, R. 1973 ; Sareen, T.S. & Trehan, R. 1977; Rao, C.K. 1979
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22, 44 Kumar, 1987 Tandon, S.L. & Malik, C.P. 1960 ; Singh, A.K. & Yadava, K.S. 1978b
!   Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   24 Kumar, 1987 Ramanathan, K. 1950, 1955b ; Bhatt, R.P. 1974, 1976
!   Tephrosia hamiltonii J. R. Drummond Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 Kumar, 1987 Roy, R.P. & Mishra, U. 1968 ; Sanjappa, M. & Bhatt, R.P. 1976 ; Bir, S.S. & Kumari, S. 1978a ; Rao, C.K. 1979
!   Tephrosia wallichii Graham ex Fawcett & Rendle Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 Kumar, 1987 Singh, A.K. & Yadava, K.S. 1978b
  Tephrosia purpurea var. purpurea Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22,44 eFlora  
!   Tephrosia hamiltonii Gamble Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 C-values database Raina SN, Srivastav PK, Rama Rao S. 1986. Nuclear DNA variation in Tephrosia. Genetica 69: 27-33.
!   Tephrosia wallichii Graham ex Fawcett & Rendle Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 C-values database Raina SN, Srivastav PK, Rama Rao S. 1986. Nuclear DNA variation in Tephrosia. Genetica 69: 27-33.
  Tephrosia wallichii Graham ex Fawcett & Rendle Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. 22   IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 21
  Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.   22 IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 30