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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaeSorghumSorghum macrospermum Garber

5 chromosome counts in Sorghum macrospermum Garber:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Sorghum macrospermum Garber Sorghum macrospermum Garber (19) 20 40 IPCN online Wu, T. p. 1990. Sorghum macrospermum and its relationship to the cultivated species S. bicolor. Cytologia 55: 141–151.
!   Sorghum macrospermum Garber Sorghum macrospermum Garber   40 IPCN online Lazarides, M., J. B. Hacker & M. H. Andrew. 1991. Taxonomy, cytology and ecology of indigenous Australian sorghums (Sorghum Moench: Andropogoneae: Poaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 4: 591–635.
!   Sorghum macrospermum Garber Sorghum macrospermum Garber   40 IPCN online Price. 2005. Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 95: 219–225.
!   Sorghum macrospermum Garber Sorghum macrospermum Garber   40 Darlington, 1955  
!   Sorghum macrospermum Garber Sorghum macrospermum Garber   40 C-values database Price HJ, Dillon SL, Hodnett G, Rooney WL, Ross L, Johnston JS. 2005. Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae). Annals of Botany 95: 219-227.