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CCDB → Angiosperms → Zingiberaceae → Elettaria → Elettaria cardamomum

12 chromosome counts in Elettaria cardamomum:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Elettaria cardamomum Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 Darlington, 1955 Gregory 1936
!   Elettaria cardamomum Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   52 Darlington, 1955 Chakravorti 1952
  Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 IPCN online Sudharshan, M. R. 1987. Colchicine-induced tetraploids in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton). Curr. Sci. 56: 36–37.
  Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48, 50 IPCN online Chandrasekhar, R. & R. Sampathkumar. 1986. Karyological highlights on two cultivars of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton). J. Cytol. Genet. 21: 90–96.
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 IPCN67-71 BISSON, s. ,s. GUILLEMET, & J. - L. HAMEL. 1968. Contribution a l'etude caryo-taxinomique des Scitaminees Mem. Mus. National Hist. Naturelle Ser. B. 18: 59-133.
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton 24   IPCN67-71 BHATTACHARYYA, R. 1968. Systematic status of the family Zingiberaceae. Nucleus, Suppl. vol. 1968: 39-41.
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton 24 48 IPCN67-71 RAMACHANDRAN, K. 1969. Chromosome numbers in Zingiberaceae. Cytologia 34: 213-221.
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 Fedorov, 1974 Gregory P. J. 1936
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 Fedorov, 1974 Sharma A. K., Bhattacharyya N. K. 1959c a
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 Fedorov, 1974 SatO D. 1960
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   52 Fedorov, 1974 Chakravorti 1948a
!   Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton   48 Cave1959 Sharma & Bhat, 19590