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CCDB → Angiosperms → Cactaceae → Cylindropuntia → Opuntia kleiniae DC.

7 chromosome counts in Opuntia kleiniae DC.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth   c.44 IPCN online WEEDIN, J. F., A. M. Powell & D. O. Kolle. 1989. Chromosome numbers in Chihuahuan Desert Cactaceae. II. Trans-Pecos Texas. S. W. Naturalist 34: 160–164.
  Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth   c.44 IPCN online Powell, A. M. & J. F. Weedin. 2001. Chromosome numbers in Chihuahuan Desert Cactaceae. III. Trans-Pecos Texas. Amer. J. Bot. 88(3): 481–485.
!   Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth 22   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J. & B. D. Parfitt. 1982. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America IV. Bull Torrey Bot. Club. 109: 121–128.
!   Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth 33   IPCN online Pinkava, D. J. & B. D. Parfitt. 1982. Chromosome numbers in some cacti of western North America IV. Bull Torrey Bot. Club. 109: 121–128.
!   Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth 22 ca.44 IPCN online Weedin, J. F. & A. M. Powell. 1978. Chromosome numbers in Chihuahuan desert Cactaceae. Trans-Pecos Texas. Amer. J. Bot. 65: 531–537.
!   Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth 22 ca.44 IPCN75-78 Weedin & Powell 1978a
!   Opuntia kleiniae DC. Cylindropuntia kleiniae (DC.) F. M. Knuth   22 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.