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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePennisetumPennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult.

4 chromosome counts in Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult. Pennisetum polystachyon Schult.   54 IPCN65 Tateoka 1965b
!   Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult. Pennisetum polystachyon Schult. 27   IPCN online Mehra, P. N. 1982. Cytology of East Indian grasses. ý.
!   Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult. Pennisetum polystachyon Schult.   54 IPCN online Renard, R., J. Lambinon, M. Reekmans, P. v. Veken & M. Govaert. 1983. Nombres chromosomiques de quelques Angiospermes du Rwanda, du Burundi et du Kenya. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 53: 342–371.
!   Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult. Pennisetum polystachyon Schult.   c, 48, c.52, 54 IPCN73-74 GOULD, F.W., & T.R. SODERSTROM. 1974. Chromosome numbers of some Ceylon grasses. Canad. J. Bot. 52: 1075-1090.