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CCDB → Angiosperms → Leguminosae → Clitoria → Clitoria ternatea

29 chromosome counts in Clitoria ternatea:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Clitoria ternatea Clitoria ternatea L.   16 Darlington, 1955 Frahm-Leliveld 1953 DHM(V) Tropics
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN online Gill, L. S. & S. W. Husaini. 1986. Cytological observations in Leguminosae from southern Nigeria. Willdenowia 15: 521–527.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 IPCN online Shibata, K. 1962. Estudios citologicos de plantas colombianas silvestres y cultivadas. J. Agric. Sci. (Tokyo). 8: 49–62.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8 16 IPCN online Srivastav, P. K. & S. N. Raina. 1982. Cytogenetics of Clitoria I. Induced autotetraploidy in C. ternatea. Cytologia 47: 99–107.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   14 IPCN online Bir, S. S. & S. Kumari. 1985. Chromosomal studies on the Indian legumes. In: V. R. Reddi & M. K. Rao (editors), Cytogenetics of Higher Plants: Chromosome Structure and Behaviour. pp. 39–41.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 IPCN online Bairiganjan, G. C. & S. N. Patnaik. 1989. Chromosomal evolution in Fabaceae. Cytologia 54: 51–64.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 IPCN online Mathew, G. & C. A. Ninan. 1989. Karyomorphological studies on five varieties of Clitoria ternatea L. Cytologia 54: 401–407.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   14 IPCN online Kumari, S. & S. S. Bir. 1990. Karyomorphological evolution in Papilionaceae. J. Cytol. Genet. 25: 173–219.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 IPCN online Gandhi, S. & V. P. Patil. 1993. Chromosome morphology of Clitoria ternatea and C. biflora. Cytologia 58: 133–138.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN online Jahan, B., A. A. Vahidy & S. I. Ali. 1994. Chromosome numbers in some taxa of Fabaceae mostly native to Pakistan. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81: 792–799.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 IPCN online Gandhi, A. & V. P. Patil. 1997. Colchicine-induced autotetraploidy in Clitoria ternatea L. Cytologia 62: 13–18.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8ü7ü 16ü16ü14ü16ü16 IPCN online Bir, S. S. & S. Kumari. 1979. Cytological evolution of the leguminous flora of the Punjab plain. Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (New Delhi). 7: 252–260.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN online Sanjappa, M. & A. Dasgupta. 1977. In IOPB chromosome number reports LVI. Taxon 26: 257–274.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   14 IPCN online Bir, S. S. & S. Kumari. 1978. In IOPB chromosome number reports LIX. Taxon 27: 53–61.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 IPCN online THUAN, N. V. 1975. Contribution a 1'etude caryo-taxinomique de Phaseolees. Rev. Gén. Bot. 82: 157–214.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8 (7,6) 16 (15,14) IPCN online GEORGE, M. & K. GEORGE. 1978. Reverse somatic mutation in Clitoria. Sci. & Cult. 4: 459–461.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN67-71 MITRA, K., & N. DATTA. 1967. In IOPB chromosome number reports XIII. Taxon 16: 445-461.
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN75-78 Sharma 1970
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN75-78 Sanjappa & Dasgupta 1977
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 6) 8 IPCN75-78 (7
  Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L. 8   IPCN73-74 SINHA, S.S.N., & R. PRASAD. 1973. Meiotic studies in some Indian Leguminosae. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 60(III): 320-321.
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 Kumar, 1987 Tschechow, W. & Kartaschowa, N. (Fedorov); Jacob, K.T. 1940 ; Frabm- Leliveld, J.A. 1953, 1957 ; Saroja, D.B.O. 1961 ; Shibata, K. 1962a
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   14 Kumar, 1987 Bir, S.S. & Kumari, S. 1978a, 1980
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   15, 16 Kumar, 1987 George, M. & George, K. 1978
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 Kumar, 1987 Roy, R.P. & Saran, J. 1960 ; Mitra, K. & Datta, N. 1967 ; Sinha, S.S.N. & Prasad, R. 1973; Sanjappa, M. & Dasgupta, A. 1977 ; Lackey, J.A. 1980
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16, 18 Kumar, 1987 Vishwanathan, M.V. 1969-1970
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   32 Kumar, 1987 Krishnan, R. 1968
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 Cave1957 Frahm-Leliveld
!   Clitoria ternatea L. Clitoria ternatea L.   16 Cave1963 Shibata 1962