CCDB Header
Prof. Itay Mayrose Lab – Plant Evolution, Bioinformatics, & Comparative Genomics







CCDB is a community resource. If you are aware of any missing data or if any of the counts are erroneous, please submit new counts, or report erroneous counts.


CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePennisetumPennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf.

5 chromosome counts in Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. 5II   IPCN online Rao, Y. S., S. A. Rao & M. H. Mengesha. 1989. New evidence on the phylogeny of basic chromosome number in Pennisetum. Curr. Sci. 58: 869–871.
  Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 IPCN online Rao, Y. S., S. A. Rao & M. H. Mengesha. 1993. Pachytene analysis in the genus Pennisetum (L.) Rich. Cytologia 58: 155–160.
!   Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult. 5   IPCN72 RANGASAMY, S.R.R. 1972. Cytological studies on diploid and polyploid taxa of the genus Pennisetum Rich. Genetica 43: 257-273.
  Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 Kumar, 1987 Jauhar, P .P. et al. 1971 ; Rangasamy, S.R.S. 1972
  Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst.) Schweinf. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10, 20 Kumar, 1987 Ganesh, D. 1968