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CCDBAngiospermsUrticaceaeCecropiaCecropia peltata L.

5 chromosome counts in Cecropia peltata L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Cecropia peltata L. Cecropia peltata L.   28 IPCN online Oginuma, K. & H. Tobe. 1995. Karyomorphology of some Moraceae and Cecropiaceae (Urticales). J. Pl. Res. 108: 313–326.
!   Cecropia peltata L. Cecropia peltata L. 14   IPCN67-71 NEVLING, L.I. 1969. Ecology of an elfin forest in Puerto Rico. 3. Chromosome numbers of some flowering plants. J. Arnold Arb. 50: 99-103.
  Cecropia peltata L. Cecropia peltata L. 14   IPCN73-74 BAWA, K.S. 1973. Chromosome numbers of tree species of a lowland tropical community. J. Arnold Arbor. 54: 422-434.
  Cecropia peltata L. Cecropia peltata L.   28 Fedorov, 1974 Krause 1931
!   Cecropia peltata L. Cecropia peltata L.   28 Darlington, 1955 Krause 1931