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CCDB → Angiosperms → Poaceae → Paspalum → Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst.

20 chromosome counts in Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   60 IPCN65 Chao 1965
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   40 IPCN online Dandin, S. B. & M. S. Chennaveeraiah. 1983. Chromosome number and meiotic behaviour in interpretation of basic chromosome number in the genus Paspalum. J. Cytol. Genet. 18: 26–33.
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 20 60 IPCN online Mehra, P. N. 1982. Cytology of East Indian grasses. ý.
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 20 40 IPCN online Christopher, J., P. S. Raj & K. G. Pillai. 1987. Cytomorphological studies of three species of Paspalum Linn. from south India. Cytologia 52: 487–491.
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 20 60 IPCN online Mehra, P. N. & J. D. CHAUDHARY. 1981. Male meiosis in some grasses of the tribe Paniceae from Northeastern India I. Genus Paspalum. Cytologia 46: 265–278.
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 20, 30, (irreg.)   IPCN online DUJARDIN, M. 1979. Additional chromosome numbers and meiotic behaviour in tropical African grasses from western Zaire. Canad. J. Bot. 57: 864–876.
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   63 IPCN online de Lange, P. J. & B. G. Murray. 2002. Contributions to a chromosome atlas of the New Zealand flora---37. Miscellaneous families. New Zealand J. Bot. 40: 1–23.
  Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   63 IPCN online Murray, B. G., P. J. de Lange & A. R. Ferguson. 2005. Nuclear DNA variation, chromosome numbers and polyploidy in the endemic and indigenous grass flora of New Zealand. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 96: 1293–1305.
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   60 IPCN66 Chen in Fang & Li 1966
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   54 IPCN67-71 NATH, J., M.S. SWAMINATHAN, & K.L. MEHRA. 1970. Cytological studies in the tribe Paniceae, Gramineae. Cytologia 35: 111-131.
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 25   IPCN75-78 Sharma 1970
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 20   IPCN73-74 KHOSLA, P.K., & P.N. Mehra. 197 3. In IOPB chromosome number XLII. Taxon 22: 647-654.
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   40 IPCN73-74 KAMMACHER, P., G. ANOMA, E. ADJANOHOUN & L. AKE ASS!. 1973. Nombres chromosomiques de Graminees de Cote-d'Ivoire. Candollea 28: 191-217.
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 20   IPCN73-74 OLORODE, o. 1974. Chromosome counts in some Nigerian grasses. Cytologia 39: 429-435.
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   20 Kumar, 1987 Dujardin, M. 1979a
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   40 Kumar, 1987 Chen (Hsu, C. 1964) ; Kammacher, P. et al. 1973 ; Khosla, P.K. & Mehra, P.N. 1973 ; Olorode, 0. 1974b
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   54 Kumar, 1987 Nath, J. & Swaminathan, M.S. 1957 ; Nath,J. et al. 1970
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   63 C-values database Murray BG, De Lange PJ, Ferguson AR. 2005. Nuclear DNA variation, chromosome numbers and polyploidy in the endemic and indigenous grass flora of New Zealand. Annals of Botany 96: 1293-1305.
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L.   60 Cave1956 Ta.teoka a
!   Paspalum orbiculare G. Forst. Paspalum scrobiculatum L. 27   Cave1957 Nath & Swruninathan