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CCDB → Pteridophytes → Salviniaceae → Azolla → Azolla pinnata R. Br.

8 chromosome counts in Azolla pinnata R. Br.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Azolla pinnata R. Br. Azolla pinnata R. Br.   44, 66, 88 IPCN online Stergianou, K. K. & K. Fowler. 1989. Preliminary report of chromosome counts in the genus Azolla (Pteridophyta). Fern Gaz. 13: 317–319.
  Azolla pinnata R. Br. Azolla pinnata R. Br. 22, 26, 29, 31, 34 44, 66 IPCN online Nayak, S. K. & P. K. Singh. 1989. Cytological studies in the genus Azolla. Cytologia 54: 275–286.
  Azolla pinnata R. Br. Azolla pinnata R. Br. 22 44 IPCN online Srivastava, R. B. 1985. Ferns of the Indo-Nepal border. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, Sect. B, Biol. Sci. 86: 471–472.
  Azolla pinnata R. Br. Azolla pinnata R. Br.   44, 66, 88 IPCN online Stergianou, K. K. & K. Fowler. 1990. Chromosome numbers and taxonomic implications in the fern genus Azolla (Azollaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 173: 223–239.
  Azolla pinnata R. Br. Azolla pinnata R. Br. 44   IPCN online Ammal, L. S. & K. V. Bhavanandan. 1992. Studies on the cytology of some ferns from south India. Indian Fern J. 9: 94–101.
  Azolla pinnata R. Br. Azolla pinnata R. Br.   44 IPCN online Loyal, D. S. 1974. Chromosome size and structure in some heterosporous ferns with a bearing on evolutionary problems. Pp. 292-298 in P. Kachroo (ed.), Advancing Frontiers in Cytogenetics. Hindustan Publ. Co., Delhi.
!   Azolla pinnata Azolla pinnata R. Br.   44, 66 IPCN online Saunders, R. M. K. & K. Fowler. 1993. The supraspecific taxonomy and evolution of the fern genus Azolla (Azollaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 184: 175–193.
!   Azolla pinnata Azolla pinnata R. Br.   66 IPCN online Stergianu, K. K. & K. Fowler. 2002. In M. D. Tindale & S. K. Roy, A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 15: 839–937.