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CCDBPteridophytesPteridaceaeAdiantumAdiantum macrophyllum Sw.

5 chromosome counts in Adiantum macrophyllum Sw.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. 30 60 IPCN65 Kuriachen in F. 1965
  Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. 30   IPCN65 Walker 1964-65
  Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. 30II 60 IPCN online Kuriachan, P. I. & C. A. Ninan. 1976. Cytological evolution in the fern family Pteridaceae. In: P. K. K. Nair (editor), Aspects of Plant Sciences. 1: 127.
  Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. 30   IPCN online Walker, T. G. 1985. Cytotaxonomic studies of the ferns of Trinidad 2. The cytology and taxonomic implications. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 13(5): 149–249.
  Adiantum macrophyllum Sw. Adiantum macrophyllum Sw.   60 IPCN online Walker, T. G. 1973. Additional cytogenetic notes on the pteridophytes of Jamaica. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 69: 109–135.