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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeSymphyotrichumAster jessicae Piper

4 chromosome counts in Aster jessicae Piper:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Aster jessicae Piper Symphyotrichum jessicae (Piper) G. L. Nesom 16   IPCN online Allred, K. W. & F. W. Gould. 1983. Systematics of the Bothriochloa saccharoides complex (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Syst. Bot. 8(2): 168–184.
  Aster jessicae Piper Symphyotrichum jessicae (Piper) G. L. Nesom   40II IPCN online Semple, J. C. 1985. Chromosome number determinations in fam. Compositae tribe Astereae. Rhodora 87: 517–527.
  Aster jessicae Piper Symphyotrichum jessicae (Piper) G. L. Nesom   80 IPCN online Jones, A. G. 1984. Typification of Aster jessicae Piper and reinstatement of A. mollis Rydberg (Asteraceae). Madroño 31: 113–122.
  Aster jessicae Piper Symphyotrichum jessicae (Piper) G. L. Nesom ca.40II   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.