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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePennisetumPennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.

6 chromosome counts in Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.   14 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 violaceum (Lam.) Rich. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich. 7   IPCN online Sujatha, D. M., V. Manga, M. V. S. Rao & J. S. R. Murty. 1989. Meiotic studies in some species of Pennisetum (L.) Rich. (Poaceae). Cytologia 54: 641–652.
!   Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.   14, 20 IPCN online Khalfallah, N., A. Sarr & S. Siljak-yakovlev. 1993. Karyological study of some cultivated and wild stocks of pearl millet from Africa (Pennisetum typhoides Stapf et Hubb. and P. violaceum (Lam.) L. Rich.). Caryologia 46: 127–138.
!   Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich. 18   IPCN75-78 Olorode 1975
!   Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.   14 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.
!   Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.   14 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.