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CCDBAngiospermsPoaceaePennisetumPennisetum ramosum C. Sm.

5 chromosome counts in Pennisetum ramosum C. Sm.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Pennisetum ramosum C. Sm. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 Kumar, 1987 Narayan, K.N. 1954 ; Rao, J.T. & Babu, C.N. 1955 ; Swaminathau, M.S. & Nath, J. 1956b
!   Pennisetum ramosum C. Sm. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 Fedorov, 1974 Narayan 1954
!   Pennisetum ramosum C. Sm. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 Fedorov, 1974 Rao J. T., Babu 1955
!   Pennisetum ramosum C. Sm. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 Fedorov, 1974 Swaminathan, Nath 1956b
!   Pennisetum ramosum C. Sm. Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.   10 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.