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CCDB → Bryophytes → Polytrichaceae → Polytrichum → Polytrichum commune Hedw.

9 chromosome counts in Polytrichum commune Hedw.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN online Vysotskaya, E. I. & E. N. Lesnyak. 1984. Cytotaxonomic study in leaved mosses of Khybiny (Kolsky Peninsula). Bot. Zhurn. SSSR 69(10): 1399–1403. (In Russian).
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN online Kuta, E. & R. Ochyra. 1989. Chromosome studies on Polish bryophytes. IV. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 30: 99–118.
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN online Sha, W., T. Cao & Y. c. Gao. 2003. Chromosome numbers of twelve species of bryophytes from China. Acta Phytotax. Sin. 41(3): 258–262.
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN67-71 RAMSAY, H.P. 1969. Cytological studies on some mosses from the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 62: 85-121.
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN67-71 ONO, K. 1970. Karyological studies on Mniaceae and Polytrichaceae, with special reference to the structural sex-chromosomes. III. J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ. Ser. B, Div. 2, 13: 167-221.
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN67-71 SMITH, A. J. E., & M. E. NEWTON. 1967. Chromosome studies on some British and Irish mosses. II. Trans. Brit. Bryol. Soc. 5: 245-270.
  Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   IPCN73-74 WIGH, K., £. S.O. STRANDHEDE. 1971. Chromosome numbers in some swedish and Danish mosses. Bot. Notiser 124: 213-227.
!   Polytrichum commune None Polytrichum commune Hedw. 7   Cave1959 Vaarama 1956a,b
!   Polytrichum commune Hedw. Polytrichum commune Hedw. 6,6,7,7,7,14,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,   Fritsch1991 Fritsch, Reinhard. Index to bryophyte chromosome counts. J. Cramer, 1991. by REINHARD FRITSCH