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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaeFestucaFestuca contracta Kirk

3 chromosome counts in Festuca contracta Kirk:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Festuca contracta Kirk Festuca contracta Kirk   170 Dawson New Zealand  
  Festuca contracta Kirk Festuca contracta Kirk   42 IPCN online Dubcovsky, J. & A. J. Martínez. 1992. Cytotaxonomy of the Festuca spp. from Patagonia. Canad. J. Bot. 70: 1134–1140.
!   Festuca contracta Kirk Festuca contracta Kirk   42 C-values database Bennett MD, Smith JB, Lewis Smith RI. 1982. DNA amounts of angiosperms from the Antarctic and South Georgia. Environmental and Experimental Botany 22: 307-318.