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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeSymphyotrichumAster ascendens Lindl.

3 chromosome counts in Aster ascendens Lindl.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Aster ascendens Lindl. Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom   26,52 IPCN online Semple, J. C. 1983. Range expansion of Heterotheca camporum (Compositae: Asteraceae) in the southeastern United States. Brittonia 35(2): 140–146.
  Aster ascendens Lindl. Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom 13II,18II,26II+2-3B   IPCN online Dean, M. L. & K. L. Chambers. 1983. Chromosome numbers and evolutionary patterns in the Aster occidentalis (Asteraceae) polyploid complex of western North America. Brittonia 35: 189–196.
  Aster ascendens Lindl. Symphyotrichum ascendens (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom 13   IPCN online Allen, G. A. & C. L. Eccleston. 1998. Genetic resemblance of allotetraploid Aster ascendens to its diploid progenitors Aster falcatus and Aster occidentalis. Canad. J. Bot. 76: 338–344.