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CCDB → Angiosperms → Poaceae → Saccharum → Saccharum spontaneum L.

73 chromosome counts in Saccharum spontaneum L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   56, 80 IPCN65 Moriya 1965
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   20, 24-30, 32, 34-36, 40 IPCN online Bir, S. S. & M. Sahni. 1987. Chromosomal and morphological variations in grasses of Punjab. J. Cytol. Genet. 22: 12–22.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 20, 27, 28, 29   IPCN online Bir, S. S. & M. Sahni. 1983. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- I. J. Cytol. Genet. 18: 58–59.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 24-26, 30, 32, 34-36, 40   IPCN online Bir, S. S. & M. Sahni. 1986. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports -- IV. J. Cytol. Genet. 21: 152–154.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 40, 57II+1I, 58   IPCN online Sreenivasan, T. V. & J. Sreenivasan. 1984. Cytology of Saccharum complex from New Guinea, Indonesia and India. Caryologia 37: 351–357.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 20, 27, 28, 29   IPCN online Bir, S. S. & M. Sahni. 1985. Cytological investigations on some grasses from Punjab Plain, North India. Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 5: 609–626.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   62 IPCN online Singh, C. B., J. D. Munshi & S. P. Sinha. 1989. Cytomixis in PMCs of Saccharum spontaneum L. Curr. Sci. 58: 755–757.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 27, 45   IPCN online Singh, C. B., J. D. Munshi & S. P. Sinha. 1990. A new basic chromosome number in Saccharum spontaneum L. Cytologia 55: 645–648.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 27   IPCN online Singh, C. B., J. D. Munshi & S. P. Sinha. 1990. Variations in nucleolus number in Saccharum spontaneum L. Cytologia 55: 655–658.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 30 60 IPCN online Sinha, R. R. P., A. K. Bhardwaj & R. K. Singh. 1990. SOCGI plant chromosome number reports---IX. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 140–143.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 24, 27   IPCN online Singh, C. B., J. D. Munshi & S. P. Sinha. 1991. Chromosome-number heterogeneity among intra-antherial PMCs of Saccharum spontaneum L. Cytologia 56: 261–263.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 27   IPCN online Ahsan, S. M. N., A. A. Vahidy & S. I. Ali. 1994. Chromosome numbers and incidence of polyploidy in Panicoideae (Poaceae) from Pakistan. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(4): 775–783.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   72 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 26,30 40,48,64,80,96,112,124,126 IPCN online Sreenivasan, T. V. 1975. Cytogenetical studies in Saccharum spontaneum. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 81: 131–144.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64, 72 IPCN online Praneetha, M. & N. V. Nair. 2005. Cytological studies on Saccharum spontaneum L. accessions from Kerala, India. Cytologia 70: 407–413.
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   112 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   96 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 32,60   IPCN66 Jagathesan & Sreen. 1966
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 56   IPCN72 NAIR, M.K. 1972. Cytogenetics of saccharum off icinarum L., saccharum spontaneum L. and ~ officinarum X ~ spontaneum hybrids. I. Chromosome mosaics. Cytologia 37: 565-573.
!   Saccharum spontaneum subsp. spontaneum Saccharum spontaneum L. 20, 27, 31-3, 62, 64   IPCN72  
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   c.96 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 27 28 IPCN75-78 30+1
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 32 64 IPCN75-78 Christopher 1978
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 32   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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 40 80 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 spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   60 IPCN73-74 GOULD, F.W., & T.R. SODERSTROM. 1974. Chromosome numbers of some Ceylon grasses. Canad. J. Bot. 52: 1075-1090.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. "20-23, 27, 28, 36" 40, 54, 72+4f IPCN73-74 MEHRA, P.N., & O.P. SOOD. 1974. Floating chromosomal populations in Saccharum spontaneurn L. Cytologia 39: 681-696.
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   58, 60 IPCN73-74 SINHA, R.R.P., & R.P. JHA. 1972. Cytological studies in some grasses' of Bihar. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 59( III): '352-353.
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   40 eFlora  
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   40-128 Fedorov, 1974 Panje, Babu 1960
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   48, 56, 64, 80 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal 1936
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   48-128 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer .1961a, b, c, d
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   48-130 Fedorov, 1974 Moriya A. 1950
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   48-130 Fedorov, 1974 Celarier 1956a)
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   ~128 Fedorov, 1974 Singh T. S. 1934
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   55-126 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer 1934
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64 Fedorov, 1974 Dutt N, L., Subba
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64 Fedorov, 1974 Rao' 1933
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64 Fedorov, 1974 Nishiyama 1956
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64, 80, 112, 128 Fedorov, 1974 Price 1958
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64, 120 Fedorov, 1974 Jagathesan, Sreenivasan 1966
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64-126 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer 1931
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64-128 Fedorov, 1974 Panje, Babu 1960
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   ~68 Fedorov, 1974 Kuwada Y. 1915
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   72, 88 Fedorov, 1974 Santos J. 1937
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   80, 88, ~94, 96, 96+f Fedorov, 1974 Price 1959
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   80, 96 Fedorov, 1974 Price 1957a, b
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   80, 112 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer 1925, 1932
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   96 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal, Singh 1936
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   96, 128 Fedorov, 1974 Price 1957c
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   104, 112 Fedorov, 1974 Moriya A. 1956
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   112 Fedorov, 1974 Bremer 1928, 1934
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   112 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal 1941
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   112 Fedorov, 1974 Chen, Hsu 1962
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   120 Fedorov, 1974 Kandaswami, Rao 1957
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   128 Fedorov, 1974 Rao J. T., Babu 195!>
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   70-173 Fedorov, 1974 Li H. W., Ma 1951a
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   70-173 Fedorov, 1974 D. 1955)
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   107-115 Fedorov, 1974 Yamashita K. 1937c
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   64 C-values database D’Hont A. (pers. comm. 1999).
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 56 112, 104 Cave1956 Moriya
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 32   Cave1956 Nishiyama
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 56   Cave1956 Nishiyama
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 48   Cave1956 Nishiyama
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 40   Cave1956 Nishiyama
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   c. 94 Cave1959 Price 1959
!   Saccharum spontaneum subsp. spontaneum Saccharum spontaneum L.   112, 100 Cave1959 Moriya. 1959
!   Saccharum spontaneum subsp. spontaneum Saccharum spontaneum L. 46, 48, 50 81, 96 Cave1959 Moriya. 1959
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L. 56   Cave1962 Chen & Hsu 1962
!   Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   80, 96, 112 Cave1963 Price 1963b
  Saccharum spontaneum L. Saccharum spontaneum L.   c.100 Cave1963 Larsen 1963b