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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaeMelinisMelinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka

5 chromosome counts in Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Rhynchelytrum nerviglume (Franch.) Chiov. Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka 18   IPCN online Hoshino, T. & G. Davidse. 1988. Chromosome numbers of grasses (Poaceae) from southern Africa. I. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 866–873.
  Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka   36 IPCN online Zizka, G. 1988. Revision der Melinideae Hitchcock (Poaceae, Panicoideae). Biblioth. Bot. 138: 1–149.
!   Rhynchelytrum nyassanum (Mez) Stapf & C. E. Hubb. Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka   36 Darlington, 1955 Moffett & H. 1949
!   Rhynchelytrum setifolium (Stapf) Chiov. Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka   36 Darlington, 1955 Moffett & H. 1949
  Rhynchelytrum setifolium (Stapf) Chiov. Melinis nerviglumis (Franch.) Zizka   36 Cave1956 de Wet & Anderson