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CCDB → Pteridophytes → Aspleniaceae → Asplenium → Asplenium nidus L.

12 chromosome counts in Asplenium nidus L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 IPCN online Kawakami, S. M., M. Ito, S. Kawakami & K. Kondo. 1997. Induction of apogamy in twelve fern species and the study of their somatic chromosomes. Chromosome Sci. 1: 89–96.
  Neottopteris nidus (L.) J. Sm. Asplenium nidus L.   144 IPCN online Kato. 1999. A cytotaxonomic study of Hainan (S. China) pteridophytes with notes on polyploidy and apogamy of Chinese species. Pages 1--19 in X.-c. Zhang & K.-h. Sing (eds.), Ching Memorial Volume. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing.
  Asplenium australasicum (J. Sm.) Hook. Asplenium nidus L.   144 IPCN online Nakato, N. 1987. Notes on chromosomes of Japanese pteridophytes (1). J. Jap. Bot. 62: 261–267.
  Asplenium australasicum (J. Sm.) Hook. Asplenium nidus L.   144 IPCN online Tindale. 2002. In M. D. Tindale & S. K. Roy, A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 15: 839–937.
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 IPCN67-71 KOUL, A.K. 1970. Supernumerary cell divisions following meiosis in the spider plant. Genetica 41: 305-310.
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 Love, 1977 Bir 1960c
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 Love, 1977 Abraham, Ninan & Mathew 1962
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 Love, 1977 Koul 1970
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 Love, 1977 Kawakami 1970
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L.   144 eFlora  
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L. x144   Cave1956 Vazart
!   Asplenium nidus L. Asplenium nidus L. 72   Cave1962