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6 chromosome counts in Pennisetum mezianum Leeke:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mezianum Leeke   16 IPCN online Sahu, N. & A. K. Chatterji. 1983. Chromosome study in ten species of Pennisetum Rich. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 70(3–VI): 91.
  Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mezianum Leeke   16 IPCN online Rao, Y. S., S. A. Rao & M. H. Mengesha. 1989. New evidence on the phylogeny of basic chromosome number in Pennisetum. Curr. Sci. 58: 869–871.
  Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mezianum Leeke   32 IPCN online Jensen, K. B., K. Highnight & K. J. Wipff. 1989. IOPB chromosome data 1. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. Newslett. (Zurich) 13: 20–21.
  Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mezianum Leeke   32 IPCN online Parihar, S. K. & S. N. Tripathi. 1989. Karyotypes of Pennisetum species. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 68: 295–299.
  Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mezianum Leeke   32 Kumar, 1987 Narayan, K.N. & Shanthamma, C. 1968 ; Shanthamma, C. & Narayan, K.N. 1976-1977 ; Shanthamma, C. et al. 1976
!   Pennisetum mezianum Leeke Pennisetum mezianum Leeke   32 C-values database Martel E, de Nay D, Šiljak-Yakovlev S, Brown S, Sarr A. 1997. Genome size variation and basic chromosome number in pearl millet and fourteen related Pennisetum species. Journal of Heredity 88: 139-143.