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CCDBAngiospermsCyperaceaeCarexCarex pensylvanica

9 chromosome counts in Carex pensylvanica:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica Lam.   36 Roalson, 2008 Lve, . & D. Lve1981
!   Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica Lam. 18   Roalson, 2008 Whitkus, R.1981
!   Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica Lam. 18   Roalson, 2008 Crins, W. J. & P. W. Ball1983
!   Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica Lam.   36 IPCN online Love, A. & D. Love. 1981c. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 845–851.
!   Carex pensylvanica Carex pensylvanica Lam.   36 Darlington, 1955 Wahl 1940
  Carex pensylvanica Lam. Carex pensylvanica Lam. 18   IPCN online Crins, W. J. & P. W. Ball. 1983. The taxonomy of the Carex pensylvanica complex (Cyperaceae) in North America. Canad. J. Bot. 61: 1692–1717.
  Carex pensylvanica Lam. Carex pensylvanica Lam. 18   IPCN online Whitkus, R. 1981. Chromosome numbers of some northern New Jersey carices. Rhodora 83: 46 1 –464.
!   Carex pensylvanica Lam. Carex pensylvanica Lam.   36 C-values database Lipnerová I, Bureš P, Horová L, Šmarda P. 2012. Evolution of genome size in Carex (Cyperaceae) in relation to chromosome number and genomic base composition. Annals of Botany.
!   Carex pensylvanica subsp. heliophila (Mack.) W. A. Weber Carex inops subsp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins   36 IPCN online Love, A. & D. Love. 1981c. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 845–851.