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6 chromosome counts in Cypripedium pubescens Willd.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O. W. Knight   20 IPCN online Hoshi, Y., K. Kondo, R. Tanaka & K. KARASAWA. 1995. A comparison of C-banding pattern in nine species of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae). Kromosomo 77: 2636–2645.
  Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O. W. Knight   20 IPCN online Cox, A. V., G. J. Abdelnour, M. D. Bennett & I. J. Leitch. 1998. Genome size and karyotype evolution in the slipper orchids (Cypripedioideae: Orchidaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 85(5): 681–687.
  Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O. W. Knight   20 IPCN online Love, A. & D. Love. 1981c. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 845–851.
  Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O. W. Knight   20 IPCN67-71 LOEVE, A., & w. SIMON. 1968. Cytotaxonomical notes on some American orchids. southw. Naturalist 13: 335-342.
!   Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O. W. Knight   20 Darlington, 1955  
!   Cypripedium pubescens Willd. Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) O. W. Knight   20 C-values database Cox AV, Abdelnour DG, Bennett MD, Leitch IJ. (pers. comm. 1996).