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CCDBPteridophytesPolypodiaceaeMicrosorumMicrosorum punctatum (L.) Copel.

8 chromosome counts in Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. 36   IPCN online Singh, V. P. & S. K. Roy. 1988. Cytology of forty four species from Sikkim, Himalaya. Indian Fern J. 5: 162–169.
  Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. 72II   IPCN online Manickam, V. S. & V. Irudayaraj. 1988. Cytology of Ferns of the Western Ghats (South India). 81 pp.
  Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.   72 IPCN online Nakato, N. & M. Kato. 2001. Chromosome numbers of ten species of ferns from Guam, S. Mariana Isls. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 52(2): 125–133.
  Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. 6 or 7II+65 or 66I   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.
  Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.   72 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.
  Pleopeltis punctata (L.) Bedd. Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. 36 72 IPCN online Srivastava, R. B. 1985. Ferns of the Indo-Nepal border. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, Sect. B, Biol. Sci. 86: 471–472.
!   Microsorum punctatum None Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. 36, 72   Cave1962 Abraham et al. 1962
!   Microsorum punctatum None Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel. 36   Cave1963 Ghatak 1962; Nayar 1963