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CCDB → Gymnosperms → Zamiaceae → Zamia → Zamia pumila L.

9 chromosome counts in Zamia pumila L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Zamia integrifolia L. ex Aiton Zamia pumila L. 8 16 IPCN65 Norstog 1965
  Zamia portoricensis Urb. Zamia pumila L.   16 IPCN online Norstog, K. 1980. Chromosome numbers in Zamia (Cycadales). Caryologia 33: 419–428.
  Zamia pumila L. Zamia pumila L.   16 IPCN online Tagashira, N. & K. Kondo. 1999. A karyotype comparison of nine species of aneuploid Zamia by using the conventional orcein staining and the fluorochrome CMA-DAPI differential staining methods. Cytologia 64: 449–458.
  Zamia pumila L. Zamia pumila L.   16 IPCN online Tagashira, N. & K. Kondo. 2001. Chromosome phylogeny of Zamia and Ceratozamia by means of Robertsonian changes detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique of rDNA. Pl. Syst. Evol. 227(3–4): 145–155.
!   Zamia integrifolia L. ex Aiton Zamia pumila L.   23 IPCN online Kondo, K. & N. Tagashira. 1998. Regions in situ-hybridized by the Arabidopsis-type telomere sequence repeats in Zamia chromosomes. Chromosome Sci. 2: 87–89.
!   Zamia integrifolia L. ex Aiton Zamia pumila L.   16 IPCN online Tagashira, N. & K. Kondo. 1999. A karyotype comparison of nine species of aneuploid Zamia by using the conventional orcein staining and the fluorochrome CMA-DAPI differential staining methods. Cytologia 64: 449–458.
!   Zamia integrifolia L. ex Aiton Zamia pumila L.   16 IPCN online Tagashira, N. & K. Kondo. 2001. Chromosome phylogeny of Zamia and Ceratozamia by means of Robertsonian changes detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique of rDNA. Pl. Syst. Evol. 227(3–4): 145–155.
!   Zamia integrifolia L. ex Aiton Zamia pumila L.   16 eFlora  
!   Zamia pumila L. Zamia pumila L.   16 Rastogi2019 Kondo K, Tagashira N. Regions in situ-hybridized by the Arabidopsis-type telomere sequence repeats in Zamia chromosomes. Chromosome Sci. 1998;2:87–9. ; Moretti A. Karyotype data on North and Central American Zamiaceae (Cycadales) and their phylogenetic implications. Am J Bot. 1990;77:1016–29. ; Norstog K. Chromosome numbers in Zamia (Cycadales). Caryologia. 1980;33:419–28. ; Tagashira N, Kondo K. A karyotype comparison of nine species of aneuploidy Zamia by using the conventional orcein staining and the fluorochrome CMA-DAPI differential staining methods. Cytologia. 1999;64:449–58. ; Tagashira N, Kondo K. Chromosome phylogeny of Zamia and Ceratozamia by means of Robertsonian changes detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique of rDNA. Plant Syst Evol. 2001;227:145–55.