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CCDBAngiospermsPiperaceaePiperPiper nigrum L.

24 chromosome counts in Piper nigrum L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   52, c.104 IPCN online Samuel, R. 1987. Chromosome numbers in Piper. Kew Bull. 42: 465–470.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   52 IPCN online Okada, H. 1986. Karyomorphology and relationships in some genera of Saururaceae and Piperaceae. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 99: 289–299.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   52 IPCN online Samuel, R. & W. Morawetz. 1989. Chromosomal evolution within Piperaceae. Pl. Syst. Evol. 166: 105–117.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   26 IPCN online Aguiar-Perecin, M. L. R. d., W. Schimidt & R. H. P. Barriga. 1982. Dados preliminares da análise citogenética de variedades de pimenta-do-reino e espécies afins (Piperaceae). Ci. & Cult. (Sao Paulo) 34: 753.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   78 IPCN online Nair, R. R., B. Sasikumar & P. N. Ravindran. 1993. Polyploidy in a cultivar of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and its open pollinated progenies. Cytologia 58: 27–31.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L. 26 52 IPCN online Mathew, P. J., P. M. Mathew & P. Pushpangadan. 1999. Cytology and its bearing on the systematics and phylogeny of the Piperaceae. Cytologia 64: 301–307.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L. 26II 52 IPCN online Mathew, P. J., P. M. Mathew & P. Pushpangadan. 1998. Cytological studies in south Indian Piperaceae I. Piper. J. Cytol. Genet. 33(2): 149–153.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   52,65 IPCN online Sampathkumar, R. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXII. Taxon 30: 696.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   54 IPCN online Samuel, M. R. A. & K. V. A. Bavappa. 1981. Chromosome numbers in the genus Piper. Curr. Sci. 50: 197–198.
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   53 IPCN online Joseph, A., R. Joseph & J. Jose. 1999. Karyomorphometrical analysis in Piper species using image analysis system. Cytobios 97: 7–11.
!   Piper nigrum Linn. Piper nigrum L.   36, 60 Kumar, 1987 Dasgupta, A. & Datta, P.C. 1976
!   Piper nigrum Linn. Piper nigrum L.   48 Kumar, 1987 Sharma, A.K. & Bhattacharyya, N.K. 1958b, 1959e
!   Piper nigrum Linn. Piper nigrum L.   52, 65, 78 Kumar, 1987 Samuel, M.R.A. & Bavappa, K.V.A. 1981
!   Piper nigrum Linn. Piper nigrum L.   52, 104 Kumar, 1987 Mathew, P.M. 1958b
!   Piper nigrum Linn. Piper nigrum L.   c.128 Kumar, 1987 Janaki Ammal, E.K. (D. 1945)
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   48 Fedorov, 1974 Sharma A. K., Bhattacharyya N. K. 1958b, 1959e
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   52, 104 Fedorov, 1974 Mathew 1958b
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   ~128 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   ~128 Fedorov, 1974 D. 1945)
!   Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   128 Darlington, 1955 EKJ*
!   Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   104 C-values database Samuel R, Smith JB, Bennett MD. 1986. Nuclear DNA variation in Piper (Piperaceae). Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 28: 1041-1043.
!   Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L. 26 52, 104 Cave1958 Mathew 1958a
!   Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L.   48 Cave1959 Sharma & Bhat. 1959a
  Piper nigrum L. Piper nigrum L. 26 52 Cave1962 Martin & Greg. 1962