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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePaspalumPaspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.

5 chromosome counts in Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud. Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.   20, 40 IPCN online Norrmann, G. A., O. A. Bovo & C. L. Quarin. 1994. Post-zygotic seed abortion in sexual diploid X apomictic tetrapoid intraspecific Paspalum crosses. Austral. J. Bot. 42: 449–456.
  Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud. Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.   40 IPCN online Pozzobon, M. T. 2000. Contagens cromossômicas em espécies brasileiras de Paspalum L. (Gramineae). Acta Bot. Brasil. 14(2): 151–162.
!   Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud. Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud. 20   IPCN75-78 Fernandes et al. 1974
!   Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud. Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.   20 Darlington, 1955 Saura 1948a
!   Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud. Paspalum rufum Nees ex Steud.   20 Automatic manuscript search L. Siena,M. Sartor,F. Espinoza,C. Quarn and J. Ortiz. 2008. "Genetic and embryological evidences of apomixis at the diploid level in Paspalum rufum support recurrent auto-polyploidization in the species". Sexual Plant Reproduction 21:205-215.