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11 chromosome counts in Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay   36 flora of NW Europe http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=4670
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 30   IPCN online Spies, J. J. & A. Jonker. 1987. Chromosome studies on African plants. 4. Bothalia 17: 135–136.
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 18   IPCN online Spies, J. J. & S. Voges. 1988. Chromosome studies on African plants. 7. Bothalia 18: 114–119.
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 12, 18+0--6B, 24   IPCN online Spies, J. J., E. v. Merwe, H. d. Plessis & E. J. L. Saayman. 1991. Basic chromosome numbers and polyploid levels in some South African and Australian grasses (Poaceae). Bothalia 21(2): 163–170.
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay   36 IPCN online Morton, J. K. 1993. Chromosome numbers and polyploidy in the flora of Cameroon Mountain. Opera Bot. 121: 159–172.
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 9, 18   IPCN online Roodt, R. & J. J. Spies. 2002. Chromosome studies on African plants. 18. The subfamily Chloridoideae. Bothalia 32(2): 240–249.
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 9, 18   IPCN online Roodt, R. & J. J. Spies. 2003. Chromosome studies in the grass subfamily Chloridoideae. II. An analysis of polyploidy. Taxon 52(4): 736–746.
  Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay 9, 18   IPCN online Roodt, R. & J. J. Spies. 2003. Chromosome studies in the grass subfamily Chloridoideae. I. Basic chromosome numbers. Taxon 52(3): 557–566.
!   Sporobolus capensis (P. Beauv.) Kunth Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay   18 IPCN online Wet, J. M. J. d. 1954. Chromosome numbers of a few South African grasses. Cytologia 19: 97–103.
!   Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay   36 IPCN66 Singh & Godward 1963.
!   Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay   36 Kumar, 1987 Singh, D.N. & Godward, M.B.E. 1963