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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePennisetumPennisetum mollissimum Hochst.

2 chromosome counts in Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.   14 IPCN online Sahu, N. & A. K. Chatterji. 1983. Chromosome study in ten species of Pennisetum Rich. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 70(3–VI): 91.
!   Pennisetum mollissimum Hochst. Pennisetum violaceum (Lam.) Rich.   14 C-values database Martel E, de Nay D, Šiljak-Yakovlev S, Brown S, Sarr A. 1997. Genome size variation and basic chromosome number in pearl millet and fourteen related Pennisetum species. Journal of Heredity 88: 139-143.