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CCDBAngiospermsSaxifragaceaeHeucheraHeuchera americana L.

7 chromosome counts in Heuchera americana L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Heuchera americana L. Heuchera americana L. 7   IPCN online Wells, E. F. 1984. A revision of the genus Heuchera (Saxifragaceae) in eastern North America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 3: 45–121.
  Heuchera americana L. Heuchera americana L.   14 IPCN online Hill, L. M. 1995. IOPB chromosome data 9. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. Newslett. (Zurich) 24: 19–20.
  Heuchera americana L. Heuchera americana L.   14 IPCN online Soltis, D. E. 1980. Karyotypic relationships among species of Boykinia, Heuchera, Mitella, Sullivania, Tiarella and Tolmica (Saxifragaceae). Syst. Bot. 5: 17–29.
  Heuchera americana var. americana Heuchera americana L.   14 eFlora  
  Heuchera americana L. Heuchera americana L.   14 Fedorov, 1974 Schoennagel 1931
  Heuchera americana L. Heuchera americana L.   14+4f Fedorov, 1974 Skovsted 1934b
!   Heuchera americana L. Heuchera americana L.   14+4B Darlington, 1955