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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePennisetumPennisetum squamulatum Fresen.

2 chromosome counts in Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen. Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen. 27   IPCN72 RANGASAMY, S.R.R. 1972. Cytological studies on diploid and polyploid taxa of the genus Pennisetum Rich. Genetica 43: 257-273.
!   Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen. Pennisetum squamulatum Fresen.   54 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.