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CCDB → Angiosperms → Poaceae → Saccharum → Saccharum officinarum L.

31 chromosome counts in Saccharum officinarum L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L. 40   IPCN online Sreenivasan, T. V. & J. Sreenivasan. 1984. Cytology of Saccharum complex from New Guinea, Indonesia and India. Caryologia 37: 351–357.
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   80 IPCN online Chen, R. y. 1993. (editor), Chromosome Atlas of Chinese Fruit Trees and Their Close Wild Relatives. Chromosome Atlas Chin. Princ. Econ. Pl. 1.
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   30, 40, 48, 50, 54, 60, 64, 68, 72, 80, 88, 96, 108, 120 IPCN online Iwo, G. A. & S. Agboire. 1992. Polyploidy spectrum of local sugarcane clones in Nigeria. Feddes Repert. 103: 175–178.
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   80 IPCN online Zhuang, W. j., R. k. Cheng & Z. l. Lin. 1996. A preliminary study on Giemsa C-banding of sugarcane chromosomes. J. Fujian Acad. Agric. Sci. 11(3): 19–22.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   80 IPCN online D'Hont, A., D. Ison, K. Alix, C. Roux & J. C. Glaszmann. 1998. Determination of basic chromosome numbers in the genus Saccharum by physical mapping of ribosomal RNA genes. Genome 41: 221–225.
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   "79-81, 99, 108" IPCN67-71 PRICE, S., & J. DANIELS. 1968. Cytology of South Pacific sugar cane and related grasses. J. Heredity 59: 141-145.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   80 IPCN67-71 SISODIA, N. S. 1967. A root squash technique for counting somatic chromosomes in sugar cane. stain Tech. 43: 129-134.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   c.83 IPCN67-71 LI, H. W., & S. PRICE. 1965. Chromosome numbers of some noble sugarcane clones. Proc. 12th. I.S.S.C.T. Congr., Puerto Rico, 1965. pp. 884-886.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   84 IPCN67-71 LI, H. W., & S. PRICE. 1965. Chromosome numbers of some noble sugarcane clones. Proc. 12th. I.S.S.C.T. Congr., Puerto Rico, 1965. pp. 884-886.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   "107-114" IPCN67-71 LI, H. W., & S. PRICE. 1965. Chromosome numbers of some noble sugarcane clones. Proc. 12th. I.S.S.C.T. Congr., Puerto Rico, 1965. pp. 884-886.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   "c.92-93" IPCN67-71 LI, H. W., & S. PRICE. 1965. Chromosome numbers of some noble sugarcane clones. Proc. 12th. I.S.S.C.T. Congr., Puerto Rico, 1965. pp. 884-886.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   100 IPCN67-71 LI, H. W., & S. PRICE. 1965. Chromosome numbers of some noble sugarcane clones. Proc. 12th. I.S.S.C.T. Congr., Puerto Rico, 1965. pp. 884-886.
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L. 40   IPCN75-78 Nair 1975
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L. 32, 40   IPCN73-74 NAIR, M.K. 1973. Cytogenetics of Saccharum officinarum L., Saccharum spontaneum L. and~ officinarum X~- spontaneum hybrids. II. The probable origin of 'atypical noble canes'. Cytologia 38: 35-43.
!   Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   80 eFlora  
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   6(), 80, 90 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer 1931
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   ~68 Fedorov, 1974 Kuwada Y. 1915
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   68, 80 Fedorov, 1974 Kandaswami, Subha
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   68, 80 Fedorov, 1974 Rao 1959
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer 1932, 1934, 1961a, b, c, d
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal 1941
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Nishiyama 1956
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Kandaswami, Rao 1957
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Price 1957c, 1958
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Li H. W. 1958
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Kandaswami, Subba
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Rao 1959
!   Saccharum officinarum L Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Fedorov, 1974 Moriya A. 1940
!   Saccharum officinarum Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Darlington, 1955 Janaki Ammal 1941
!   Saccharum officinarum None Saccharum officinarum L. 40   Cave1956 Nishiyama
  Saccharum officinarum L. Saccharum officinarum L.   80 Cave1958 Li 1958