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CCDBAngiospermsMalvaceaeHibiscusHibiscus mutabilis L.

9 chromosome counts in Hibiscus mutabilis L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L. 46   IPCN online Sidhu, M. K., R. C. Gupta & N. Goyal. 1990. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports---IX. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 145.
  Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   92 IPCN online Cheng, Y. f. & J. l. Tsai. 1999. Chromosome study of the Malvaceae in Taiwan. Quart. J. Forest Res. 21(3): 61–72.
  Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   120 IPCN online Dasgupta, A. & R. P. Bhatt. 1981. Cytotaxonomy of Malvaceae 11. Chromosome numbers and karyotype analysis of Thespesia, Hibiscus, Abelmoschus, Pavonia and Malachra. Cytologia 46: 149–160.
  Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   92 IPCN online Zhuang, D. h. & J.-j. Song. 2005. The characters of pollen grains and stomatal apparatus in Hibiscus L. in relation to the ploidy. J. Trop. & Subtrop. Bot. 13(1): 49–52.
!   Hibiscus mutabilis f. plenus S. Y. Hu Hibiscus mutabilis L.   88 IPCN online Huang, S. f., Z. f. Zhao, Z. y. Chen, S. j. Chen & X. x. Huang. 1989. Chromosome counts on one hundred species and infraspecific taxa. Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 5: 161–176.
!   Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   92-96 IPCN72 KACHECHEBA, J.L. 1972. The cytotaxonomy of some species of Hibiscus. Kew Bull. 27: 425-433.
!   Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   92 Darlington, 1955  
!   Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   100 Darlington, 1955 Medvedeva
  Hibiscus mutabilis L. Hibiscus mutabilis L.   84, 110 Cave1962 Sharma & Sharma 1962