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CCDBPteridophytesCystopteridaceaeCystopterisCystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.

4 chromosome counts in Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. 84   IPCN online Haufler, C. H., M. D. Windham, D. M. Britton & S. J. Robinson. 1985. Triploidy and its evolutionary significance in Cystopteris protrusa. Canad. J. Bot. 63: 1855–1863.
  Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. 84   IPCN online Haufler, C. H. & D. E. Soltis. 1986. Genetic evidence suggests that homosporous ferns with high chromosome numbers are diploid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83: 4389–4393.
!   Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv.   168 eFlora  
!   Cystopteris fragilis var. mackayii G. Lawson Cystopteris tenuis (Michx.) Desv. 84   Cave1956 Wagner & Hagenah