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CCDB → Angiosperms → Caryophyllaceae → Cerastium → Cerastium arcticum

11 chromosome counts in Cerastium arcticum:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Cerastium arcticum Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 Flora Europaea Brett, 1955
!   Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 British Isles cytology Brett, O.E. New Phytol. 54: 138-148 (1955)
  Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   ca.108 IPCN online Borgen, L. & R. Elven. 1983. Chromosome numbers of flowering plants from northern Norway and Svalbard. Nord. J. Bot. 3: 301–306.
  Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 IPCN online Bos|7caiu, M., O. Vicente & F. Ehrendorfer. 1999. Chromosome numbers, karyotypes and nuclear DNA contents from perennial polyploid groups of Cerastium (Caryophyllaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 218: 13–21.
  Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange 54 108, c.108, 130-132 IPCN online Brysting, A. K. 2000. Chromosome number variation in the polyploid Cerastium alpinum-C. arcticum complex (Caryophyllaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 20: 149–156.
  Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108-112 IPCN online Engelskjon, T. 1979. Chromosome numbers in vascular plants from Norway, including Svalbard. Opera Bot. 52: 1–38.
!   Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   90 IPCN67-71 KNABEN, G., & T. ENGELSKJON. 1967. Chromosome numbers of Scandinavian arctic-alpine plant species. II. Act. Boreal. A. Sci. No. 21: 1-57.
  Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 Fedorov, 1974 Brett O. E. 1953, 1955
  Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 Fedorov, 1974 LOve A., LOve D. 1956b
!   Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 Darlington, 1955 Brett 1955
!   Cerastium arcticum Lange Cerastium arcticum Lange   108 C-values database Boscaiu M, Vicente O, Ehrendorfer F. 1999. Chromosome numbers, karyotypes and nuclear DNA contents from perennial polyploid groups of Cerastium (Caryophyllaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 218: 13-21.