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CCDB → Angiosperms → Compositae → Cyanus → Centaurea montana L.

10 chromosome counts in Centaurea montana L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   44 CHROBASE GADELLA T.W.J., KLIPHUIS E. - 1970. Chromosome studies in some flowering plants collected in the French Alps (haute Savoie).. Rev. Gn. Bot. , 77: 487-497.
!   Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   44 Flora Europaea Guinochet , 1957
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   24(1) Asteracea Tonjan 1980 Biol. Zhurn. Armen.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   44 IPCN online Lippert, W. & G. R. Heubl. 1988. Chromosomenzahlen von Pflanzen aus Bayern und angrenzenden Gebieten: [Teil 1]. Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 59: 13–22.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   44+0-1B IPCN online Krähenbühl, M. & P. Küpfer. 1992. Mediterranean chromosome number reports 2 (92--97). Fl. Medit. 2: 255–258.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   24 IPCN online Tonian, T. R. 1980. Relation between chromosome number and some morphological features of Centaureinae Less representatives. Rev. Biol. 33 (5): 552–554.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   24 IPCN67-71 TONJAN, Z.R. 1968. The chromosome numbers of some species of the genus Centaurea. (In Russian) Biol. Zurn. Arm. S.S.R. 21: 86-96.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   44 IPCN67-71 GADELLA, TH. W.J., & E. KLIPHUIS. 1970. Chromosome studies in some flowering plants collected in the French Alps (Hante Savoie). Rev. Gen. Bot. 77: 487-497.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   40 IPCN67-71 ZHUKOVA, P. G. 1967. Karyology of some plants, cultivated in the Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden. (In Russian). In N. A. Avrorin (ed.): Plantarum in Zonam Polarem Transportatio. II. Leningrad 1967, pp. 139-149.
  Centaurea montana L. Cyanus montanus (L.) Hill   44 Cave1957 Guinochet