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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaeAndropogonAndropogon amethystinus Steud.

4 chromosome counts in Andropogon amethystinus Steud.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Andropogon amethystinus Steud. Andropogon amethystinus Steud. 20   IAPT/IOPB IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 5
  Andropogon amethystinus Steud. Andropogon amethystinus Steud. c.30   IPCN online Hoshino, T. & G. Davidse. 1988. Chromosome numbers of grasses (Poaceae) from southern Africa. I. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 866–873.
  Andropogon amethystinus Steud. Andropogon amethystinus Steud. 20   IPCN online Spies, J. J., T. H. Troskie, E. v. Vyver & S. M. C. v. Wyk. 1994. Chromosome studies on African plants. 11. The tribe Andropogoneae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Bothalia 24: 241–246.
  Andropogon longipes Hack. Andropogon amethystinus Steud.   20 IPCN online Christopher, J. & P. Samraj. 1985. Chromosome Number Reports LXXXVI. Taxon 34: 159–164.