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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cactaceae → Cylindropuntia → Opuntia arbuscula Engelm.

6 chromosome counts in Opuntia arbuscula Engelm.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth 33   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., M. A. Baker, B. D. Parfitt, M. W. Mohlenbrock & R. D. Worthington. 1985. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America-V. Syst. Bot. 10: 471–483.
  Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth 33   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., J. P. Rebman & M. A. Baker. 1998. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America---VII. Haseltonia 6: 32–41.
!   Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth   55 IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., J. P. Rebman & M. A. Baker. 1998. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America---VII. Haseltonia 6: 32–41.
!   Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth 55   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., M. A. Baker, B. D. Parfitt, M. W. Mohlenbrock & R. D. Worthington. 1985. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America-V. Syst. Bot. 10: 471–483.
!   Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth 33   IPCN67-71 PINKAVA, D.J., & M.G. MCLEOD. 1971. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America. Brittonia 23: 171-176.
!   Opuntia arbuscula Engelm. Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Engelm.) F. M. Knuth   66 IPCN73-74 YUASA, H., H. SHIMIZU, S. KASHIWAI, & N. KONDO. 1974. Chromosome numbers and their bearing on the geographic distribution in the subfamily Opuntioideae (Cactaceae). Rep. Inst. Breed. Research, Tokyo Univ. Agri. No. 4: 1-10.