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CCDBAngiospermsPlantaginaceaePenstemonPenstemon ambiguus

5 chromosome counts in Penstemon ambiguus:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
!   Penstemon ambiguus Penstemon ambiguus Torr. 8   IPCN online Freeman, C. C. & R. E. Brooks. 1988. Documented plant chromosome numbers 1988: 1. Chromosome counts for North American plants -- I. Sida 13: 241–250.
!   Penstemon ambiguus Penstemon ambiguus Torr. 8 16 IPCN online Freeman, C. C. 1983. Chromosome numbers in Great Plains species of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae). Brittonia 35(3): 232–238.
  Penstemon ambiguus Torr. Penstemon ambiguus Torr. 8   IPCN online Ward, D. E. 1984. Chromosome counts from New Mexico and Mexico. Phytologia 56(1): 55–60.
  Penstemon ambiguus Torr. Penstemon ambiguus Torr.   16 Fedorov, 1974 Nisbet, Jackson 1960
!   Penstemon ambiguus Torr. Penstemon ambiguus Torr.   16 C-values database Broderick SR, Stevens MR, Geary B, Love SL, Jellen EN, Dockter RB, Daley SL, Lindgren DT. 2011. A survey of Penstemon's genome size. Genome 54: 160-173.