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CCDB → Angiosperms → Meliaceae → Melia → Melia azedarach L.

24 chromosome counts in Melia azedarach L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 Flora Iberica Chromosome numbers of some flowering plants of Spain and France. Gadella, Th., E. Kliphuis & E. A. Mennega.Acta Bot. Neerl.15(2): 484-489(1966).
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN online Singhal, V. K. & B. S. Gill. 1984. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- II. J. Cytol. Genet. 19: 115–117.
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN online Sandhu, P. S. & S. K. Mann. 1988. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- VII. J. Cytol. Genet. 23: 219–228.
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 IPCN66 Gadella et al. 1966
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN72 MEHRA, P.N . T.S. SAREEN, & P.K. KHOSLA. 1972. Cytological studies on Himalayan Meliaceae. J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 558-568.
!   Melia composita Benth. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN72 MEHRA, P.N. 1972. Cytogenetical evolution of hardwoods. Nucleus 15: 64-83.
!   Melia composita Benth. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN72 MEHRA, P.N . T.S. SAREEN, & P.K. KHOSLA. 1972. Cytological studies on Himalayan Meliaceae. J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 558-568.
!   Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN72 MEHRA, P.N . T.S. SAREEN, & P.K. KHOSLA. 1972. Cytological studies on Himalayan Meliaceae. J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 558-568.
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 IPCN67-71 Q22 STYLES, B.T., & C.G. VOSA. 1971. Chromosome numbers in the Meliaceae. Taxon 20: Q85-Q99.
!   Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 IPCN67-71 Q22 STYLES, B.T., & C.G. VOSA. 1971. Chromosome numbers in the Meliaceae. Taxon 20: Q85-Q99.
!   Melia composita Benth. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN67-71 MEHRA, P.N., & P.K. KHOSLA. 1969. In IOPB chromosome number reports XX. Taxon 18: 213-221.
!   Melia dubia Cav. Melia azedarach L.   28 IPCN67-71 Q22 STYLES, B.T., & C.G. VOSA. 1971. Chromosome numbers in the Meliaceae. Taxon 20: Q85-Q99.
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN75-78 Mehra 1976
!   Melia composita Benth. Melia azedarach L. 14   IPCN75-78 Mehra 1976
!   Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 Kumar, 1987 Bowden, W.M. 1945a ; Minfray, E. 1963 ; Styles, B.T. & Vosa, e.G. 1971 ; Mebra, P.N. et al. 1972 ; Datta, P.e. & Samanta, P. 1977
!   Melia composita Benth. Melia azedarach L.   28 Kumar, 1987 Mehra, P.N. & Khosla, P.K. 1969 ; Mehra P.N. 1972 ; Mehra, P.N., Sareen, T.S. & Khosla, P .K. 1972
!   Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc. Melia azedarach L.   28 Kumar, 1987 Mehra, P.N., Sareen, T.S. & Khosla, P.K. 1972 ; Minfray, E. 1963
!   Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 Darlington, 1955 Bowden 1945a
!   Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 C-values database Ohri D. (pers. comm. 2002).
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 Cave1963 Minfray 1963b
!   Melia toosendan Siebold & Zucc. Melia azedarach L.   28 Cave1963 Minfray 1963b
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L. 14   CromoCat 2015 Sandhu, P. S. & S. K. Mann. (1988). SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- VII. J. Cytol. Genet. 23: 219-228.
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L. 14   CromoCat 2015 Singhal, V.K. & B.S. Gill. (1984). SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- II. Journal of Cytology and Genetics 19: 115-117
  Melia azedarach L. Melia azedarach L.   28 CromoCat 2015 Gadella, Th. W. J., Kliphuis, E. & Mennega, E. A. (1966). Chromosome numbers of some flowering plants of Spain and S France. Acta Bot. Neerl. 15(2): 484-489.