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CCDB → Angiosperms → Lamiaceae → Mentha → Mentha × piperita

28 chromosome counts in Mentha × piperita:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Mentha × citrata Ehrh. Mentha × piperita L.   96 IPCN65 Sob ti 1965
!   Mentha × piperita Mentha × piperita L.   66, 72, 84, 120 flora of NW Europe http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=3522
!   Mentha × piperita Mentha × piperita L.   36, 64 Darlington, 1955 Glotov 1940
!   Mentha × piperita Mentha × piperita L.   66 , 68 , 70 Darlington, 1955 Glotov 1940
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   48 IPCN65 Baquar & R. 1965; Sobti 1965
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   42 IPCN online Ayyangar, K. R. & B. Vembu. 1985. Karyo-specific and karyo-generic affiliations amongst Mentha arvensis Benth., M. piperita Linn. and Origanum vulgare Linn. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 72(3–VI): 127.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   120 IPCN online Tyagi, B. R. & T. Ahmad. 1989. Chromosome number variation in an F1 interspecific hybrid progeny of Mentha (Lamiaceae). Cytologia 54: 355–358.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   36, 72, 120 IPCN online Ahmad, T., B. R. Tyagi, S. S. Raghuvanshi & J. R. Bahl. 1992. Variation of nuclear DNA content in the genus Mentha L. (Lamiaceae). Cytologia 57: 359–367.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   84 IPCN online Reitmann, K. 2000. In C. Dobea & E. Vitek, Documented Chromosome Number Checklist of Austrian Vascular Plants. Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien, Vienna.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   72 IPCN online Gill, L. S. 1981. Biosystematics of the tribe Satureineae (Labiatae) in Canada II. Cytologia 46: 27–44.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   72 IPCN online Gill, L. S. 1981. Chromosomal evolution and incidence of polyploidy in the Canadian Labiatae. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 4: 331–339.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   72 IPCN online Sobti, S. N. 1974. Origin of Mentha piperita L. in relation to peppermint oils. Pp. 224-230 in P. Kachroo (ed.), Advancing Frontiers in Cytogenetics. Hindustan Publ. Co., Dehli.
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   48 IPCN66 Baquar 1965
!   Mentha × piperita L. Mentha × piperita L.   72 IPCN75-78 Sobti 1974
!   Mentha × piperita L. (X) Mentha × piperita L.   72 IPCN67-71 OUWENEEL, W.J. 1968. Cytotaxonomic studies in the genus Mentha in the Nederlands. Proc. Roy. Netherlands Acad. Sci. ser. C, 71: 184-188.
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   36 Kumar, 1987 Schiirhoff, P.N. 1927, 1929; Wolf, P. 1929
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   36, 72, 144 Kumar, 1987 Sobti, S.N. 1964
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   48 Kumar, 1987 Sobti, S.N. 1962b
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   48, 72 Kumar, 1987 Sobti, S.N. 1965
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   64, 128 Kumar, 1987 Glotov, V.V. (Fedorov)
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   65-69 Kumar, 1987 Ruttle, M.L. 193la
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   66, 72 Kumar, 1987 Morton, J.K. 1956a
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   68, 72, 84 Kumar, 1987 Nagao, S. 1941
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   72 Kumar, 1987 Murray, M.J. 1958 ; Lutkov, A.N. (Fedorov) ; Sobti, S.N. 1965 ; Ouwe- neel, W.J. 1968
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   72, 122 Kumar, 1987 Sharma, A.K. & Bhattacharyya, N.K. 1959a
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   72, 108, 144 Kumar, 1987 Lutkov, A.N. (Fedorov)
!   Mentha × piperita Linn. Mentha × piperita L.   96, 120, 132, 144 Kumar, 1987 Belyaeva, R.G. et al. 1970 W
!   Mentha × piperita var. officinalis Sole Mentha × piperita L.   48 IPCN65 Sobti 1965