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CCDBAngiospermsMarantaceaeMarantaMaranta cristata Nees & Mart.

4 chromosome counts in Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Maranta bicolor K. Gawl. Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.   52 IPCN online Mukhopadhyay, S. & A. K. Sharma. 1987. Karyomorphological analysis of different species and varieties of Calathea, Maranta and Stromanthe of Marantaceae. Cytologia 52: 821–831.
!   Maranta bicolor K. Gawl. Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.   24 Darlington, 1955  
!   Maranta bicolor K. Gawl. Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.   52 C-values database Hanson L, Leitch IJ, Bennett MD. 1999. Unpublished values from the Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  Maranta bicolor K. Gawl. Maranta cristata Nees & Mart.   52 Original-count Winterfeld, G., Ley, A., Hoffmann, M.H., Paule, J., Röser, M. (2020). Dysploidy and polyploidy trigger strong variation of chromosome numbers in the prayer-plant family (Marantaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 306: 36. doi: 10.1007/s00606-020-01663-x