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CCDBAngiospermsLythraceaeCupheaCuphea calophylla

3 chromosome counts in Cuphea calophylla:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Cuphea calophylla var. mesostemon (Koehne) S.A. Graham Cuphea calophylla 8   IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 33
  Cuphea calophylla subsp. calophylla Cuphea calophylla Cham. & Schltdl. 8   IPCN online Graham, S. A. 1989. Chromosome numbers in Cuphea (Lythraceae): new counts and a summary. Amer. J. Bot. 76: 1530–1540.
  Cuphea calophylla subsp. mesostemon (Koehne) Lourteig Cuphea calophylla subsp. mesostemon (Koehne) Lourteig   16 IPCN online Molero, J., A. Rovira, J. Simón, R. Duré & D. Franco. 2002. IOPB chromosome data 18. Newslett. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. (Pruhonice) 34: 22–24.