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CCDB → Angiosperms → Poaceae → Sorghastrum → Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash

18 chromosome counts in Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash 20   IPCN online Vahidy, A. A., G. Davidse & Y. Shigenobu. 1987. Chromosome counts of Missouri Asteraceae and Poaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74(2): 432–433.
  Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 IPCN online Riley, R. D. & K. P. Vogel. 1982. Chromosome numbers of released cultivars of switchgrass, indiangrass, big bluestem and sand bluestem. Crop Sci. (Madison) 22: 1082–1083.
  Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 IPCN online GERVAIS, C., R. Trahan & J. Gagnon. 1999. IOPB chromosome data 14. Newslett. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. (Oslo) 30: 10–15.
  Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 IPCN online Love, A. & D. Love. 1981a. In Chromosome number reports LXXI. Taxon 30: 509–511.
!   Sorghastrum nutans (Linn.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   20 Kumar, 1987 Saura, F. 1948
!   Sorghastrum nutans (Linn.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Kumar, 1987 Church, G.L. 1929b; Brown, W.V. 1950 ; Gould, F.W. 1956; Celarier, R.P. 1959; Bowden, W.M. i960b; Mehra., K.L. et al. 1962
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   20 Fedorov, 1974 Saura 1948a
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Fedorov, 1974 Church 1929b
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Fedorov, 1974 Brown W. V. 1950
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Fedorov, 1974 Gould 1956
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Fedorov, 1974 Celarier 1959
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Fedorov, 1974 Bowden 1960b
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Fedorov, 1974 Mehra K. L. et al. 1962
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   20 Darlington, 1955 Saura 1948a
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash   40 Darlington, 1955 Brown 1950
  Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash 20   Cave1956 Gould
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash 40   Cave1959 Celarier 1959
!   Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash 20   Cave1962 Mehra et al. 1962