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CCDB → Angiosperms → Moraceae → Ficus → Ficus benjamina L.

10 chromosome counts in Ficus benjamina L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Ficus benjamina L. Ficus benjamina L.   26 IPCN online Morawetz, W. & M. R. A. Samuel. 1989. Karyological patterns in the Hamamelidae. Syst. Assoc. Special Vol. 40(2): 131–135.
!   Ficus benjamina var. bracteata Corner Ficus benjamina L.   26 IPCN66 Pancho 1966
!   Ficus benjamina var. nuda (Miq.) M. F. Barrett Ficus benjamina L.   26 IPCN66 Pancho 1966
!   Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz Ficus benjamina L.   26 IPCN67-71 MEHRA, P.N., & A.S. HANS. 1969. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXI. Taxon 18: 310-315.
!   Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz Ficus benjamina L.   26 IPCN75-78 Mehr a 1976
!   Ficus benjamina L. Ficus benjamina L.   26 Kumar, 1987 Condit, I.J. 1933 ; Pancho, J.V. 1966
!   Ficus benjamina L. Ficus benjamina L.   26, 52 Kumar, 1987 Kundu, D. & Sharma, A. 1976
!   Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz Ficus benjamina L.   26 Kumar, 1987 Mehra, P.N. & Hans, A.S. 1969; Hans, A.S. 1972 ; Kundu, D. & Sharma, A. 1976
!   Ficus benjamina L. Ficus benjamina L.   26 Darlington, 1955 FoSh
!   Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz Ficus benjamina L.   26 C-values database Ohri D, Khoshoo TN. 1987. Nuclear DNA contents in the genus Ficus (Moraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 156: 1-4.