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4 chromosome counts in Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell Cirsium scariosum var. coloradense (Rydb.) D. J. Keil 17   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J. & D. J. Keil. 1977. Chromosome counts of Compositae from the United States and Mexico. Amer. J. Bot. 64: 680–686.
!   Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell Cirsium scariosum var. coloradense (Rydb.) D. J. Keil   34, 36(?) IPCN67-71 OWNBEY, G.B., & Y-T. HSI. 1969. Chromosome numbers in some North American species of the genus Cirsium. II. Western United states. Madrono 20: 225-228.
!   Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell Cirsium scariosum var. coloradense (Rydb.) D. J. Keil   34 IPCN67-71 MOORE, R. J., & c. FRANKTON. 1967. Cytotaxonomy Of foliose thistles (Cirsium ssp. aff. c. foliosum) of Western North America. Canad. Jour. Bot. 45: 1733-1749.
  Cirsium coloradense (Rydb.) Cockerell Cirsium scariosum var. coloradense (Rydb.) D. J. Keil 16, 17   IPCN73-74 GARDNER, R. C. 19 7 4 . Systematics of Cirsium (Compositae) in Wyoming. Madrono 22: 239-265.