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CCDB → Angiosperms → Malvaceae → Bombax → Bombax ceiba L.

13 chromosome counts in Bombax ceiba L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L.   92 IPCN online Singhal, V. K. & B. S. Gill. 1984. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- II. J. Cytol. Genet. 19: 115–117.
  Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L. 46   IPCN online Mehra, P. N. 1976. Cytology of Himalayan Hardwoods. Sree Saraswaty Press, Calcutta.
!   Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L. 46   IPCN72 MEHRA, P.N. 1972. Cytogenetical evolution of hardwoods. Nucleus 15: 64-83.
  Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L.   72 IPCN67-71 BAKER, H.G., & I. BAKER. 1968. Chromosome numbers in the Bombaceae. Bot. Gaz. 129: 294-296.
  Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L. 46   IPCN67-71 MEHRA, P.N., & T.S. SAREEN. 1969. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXII. Taxon 18: 433-442.
  Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L. 46   IPCN73-74 MEHRA, P.N., & T.S. SAREEN. 1973. Cytology of some Himalayan trees. Silvae Genet. 22: 66-70.
  Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L. 48   IPCN73-74 SAREEN, T.S., & S. KUMARI. 1973. In IOPB chromosome number reports XLII. Taxon 22: 647-654.
!   Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L.   72 Kumar, 1987 Baker, H.G. & Baker, I. 1968
!   Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L.   92 Kumar, 1987 Mehra, P.N. & Sareen, T.S. 1969, 1973c; Mehra, P.N. 1972
!   Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L.   96 Kumar, 1987 Sareen, T.S. & Kumari, S. 1973
  Bombax malabaricum DC. Bombax ceiba L.   c.72 Kumar, 1987 Janaki Ammal, E.K. (D.1945)
!   Bombax malabaricum DC. Bombax ceiba L.   c.72 Darlington, 1955 EKJ*
!   Bombax ceiba L. Bombax ceiba L.   92 C-values database Ohri D. (pers. comm. 2002).