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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cactaceae → Opuntia → Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz

4 chromosome counts in Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow 11   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., B. D. Parfitt, M. A. Baker & R. D. Worthington. 1992. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America---VI, with nomenclatural changes. Madroño 39(2): 98–113.
  Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow 11   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J., L. A. MCGILL & T. REEVES. 1977. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America---III. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 105–110.
!   Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow 11   IPCN75-78 Pinkava et al. 1977
!   Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada (Griffiths) Munz Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. M. Bigelow   22 eFlora