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CCDBAngiospermsMalvaceaeHibiscusHibiscus surattensis

7 chromosome counts in Hibiscus surattensis:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Hibiscus surattensis Hibiscus surattensis L.   36 Darlington, 1955  
  Hibiscus surattensis L. Hibiscus surattensis L. 18   IPCN online Menzel, M. Y., P. A. Fryxell & F. D. Wilson. 1983. Relationships among New World species of Hibiscus section Furcaria (Malvaceae). Brittonia 35(3): 204–221.
  Hibiscus surattensis L. Hibiscus surattensis L. 18   IPCN online Menzel, M., K. Richmond, C. Contolini & P. Huang. 1986. New intergenomic hybrids among some African diploid species of Hibiscus sect. Turcaria. Amer. J. Bot. 73: 304–309.
  Hibiscus surattensis L. Hibiscus surattensis L.   36 IPCN online Munirajappa & D. G. Krishnappa. 1989. Polyploidy in south Indian species of Hibiscus. Vistas Cytogenet. 1: 229–236.
  Hibiscus surattensis L. Hibiscus surattensis L.   36 IPCN online Akpan, G. A. & M. G. Hossain. 1998. Karyotypes and evolutionary relations of Hibiscus asper Hook., H. cannabinus L. and H. surattensis L. (Malvaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 126: 207–216.
  Hibiscus surattensis L. Hibiscus surattensis L.   36 IPCN online Krishnappa, D. G. & Munirajappa. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVIII. Taxon 29:535–536.
  Hibiscus surattensis L. Hibiscus surattensis L. 18 36, 72 Cave1963 Menzel et al. 1963