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6 chromosome counts in Eragrostis heteromera Stapf:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Eragrostis heteromera Stapf Eragrostis heteromera Stapf 20   IPCN online Roodt, R. & J. J. Spies. 2002. Chromosome studies on African plants. 18. The subfamily Chloridoideae. Bothalia 32(2): 240–249.
  Eragrostis heteromera Stapf Eragrostis heteromera Stapf 20   IPCN online Roodt, R. & J. J. Spies. 2003. Chromosome studies in the grass subfamily Chloridoideae. II. An analysis of polyploidy. Taxon 52(4): 736–746.
  Eragrostis heteromera Stapf Eragrostis heteromera Stapf 20   IPCN online Roodt, R. & J. J. Spies. 2003. Chromosome studies in the grass subfamily Chloridoideae. I. Basic chromosome numbers. Taxon 52(3): 557–566.
  Eragrostis wilmsii Stapf Eragrostis heteromera Stapf   40 IPCN online Wet, J. M. J. d. 1954. Chromosome numbers of a few South African grasses. Cytologia 19: 97–103.
  Eragrostis wilmsii Stapf Eragrostis heteromera Stapf   40 Cave1956supp de Wet H:54
  Eragrostis heteromera Stapf Eragrostis heteromera Stapf   40 Cave1958 de Wet 1958a