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CCDB → Pteridophytes → Pteridaceae → Acrostichum → Acrostichum aureum L.

13 chromosome counts in Acrostichum aureum L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 30 60 IPCN65 Walker 1964-65
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L.   120 IPCN online Roux, J. P. 1993. A new cytotype for Acrostichum aureum. Bothalia 23: 75.
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 30 60 IPCN online Marcon, A. B., I. C. L. Barros & M. Guerra. 2003. A karyotype comparison between two closely related species of Acrostichum. Amer. Fern J. 93: 116–125.
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 30 60 IPCN online Marcon, A. B. 2003. Cariologia de algumas espécies de pteridófitas ocorrentes no nordeste do Brasil. Acta Bot. Brasil. 17(1): 19–26.
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 30   IPCN67-71 DUJARDIN, M., & J.P. TILQUIN. 1971. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXXIII. Taxon 20: 609-614.
!   Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L.   60 Love, 1977 Manton & Sledge 1954
!   Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L.   60 Love, 1977 Manton 1959
!   Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L.   60 Love, 1977 Abraham, Ninan & Mathew 1962
!   Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L.   60 Love, 1977 Walker, T. G. 1966
!   Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L.   60 Love, 1977 Dujardin & Tilquin (in Love 1971)
!   Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 120,30 60 eFlora  
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 30 60 Cave1956supp Manton & Sledge 1954
  Acrostichum aureum L. Acrostichum aureum L. 30   Cave1962 Abraham et al. 1962