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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeSymphyotrichumAster falcatus Lindl.

2 chromosome counts in Aster falcatus Lindl.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Aster falcatus Lindl. Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom 5   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.
  Aster falcatus Lindl. Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom 9   IPCN73-74 ANDERSON, L.C., D.W. KYHOS, T. MOSQUIN, A.M. POWEL~, & P.H. RAVEN. 1974. Chromosome numbers in Compositae. IX Haplopappus and other Astereae. Amer. J. Bot. 61: 665-671.