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5 chromosome counts in Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.   28 IPCN online Chouhdry, A. S. 1984. Karyomorphological and cytological studies in Ephedra. J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., Ser. B,. 19: 57–109.
  Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.   14 IPCN online Nakata, M. & K. Oginuma. 1989. Cytological studies on phanerogams in southern Peru, II. Chromosomes of Tetraglochin strictum (Rosaceae) and Ephedra americana (Ephedraceae). Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B 15: 63–66.
  Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.   28 IPCN online Leitch, I. J., L. Hanson, M. Winfield, J. Parker & M. D. Bennett. 2001. Nuclear DNA C-values complete familial representation in gymnosperms. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 88: 843–849.
!   Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.   14 Darlington, 1955 Resende 1937
!   Ephedra americana None Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.   14 Cave1956supp Hunziker 1955