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CCDB → Angiosperms → Commelinaceae → Tradescantia → Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn

17 chromosome counts in Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6II   IPCN online JONES, K. & A. Kenton. 1983. Complex interchange heterozygotes and homozygotes in the Commelinaceae. In P. E. Brandham & M. D. Bennett (editors), Kew Chromosome Conference II. P. 238.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Stack, S. M. & D. L. Soulliere. 1984. The relation between synapsis and chiasma formation in Rhoeo spathacea. Chromosoma 90: 72–83.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 6   IPCN online Guerra, M. d. S. 1983. O uso de giemsa na citogenética vegetal -- comparação entre a coloração simples e o bandeamento. Ci. & Cult. (Sao Paulo) 35: 190–193.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Pettenati, M. J. 1987. Giemsa C-banding of Rhoeo (Commelinaceae). Genetica 74: 219–224.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 1XII 12 IPCN online García Velazquez, A. 1999. Cytogenetical studies in Rhoeo spathacea (Commelinaceae) III. Mixoploid derived from a desynaptic plant. Cytologia 64: 45–49.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. R12   IPCN online Jahan, B. & A. A. Vahidy. 1994. Meiotic chromosome configurations in Rhoeo spathacea (Swartz) Stearn. Pakistan J. Bot. 26(1): 63–67.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12,18 IPCN online Lin, Y. J. & E. F. Paddock. 1978. Identification of complexes in a spontaneous triploid Rhoeo spathacea. Chromosoma 67: 97–108.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   24 IPCN online Golczyk, H. & A. Joachimiak. 2003. NORs in Rhoeo (Commelinaceae) revisited. Caryologia 56: 31–35.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online MERTENS, T. R. 1974. Meiotic chromosome behavior in Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stern. Proc. Indiana Acad. Sci. 83: 79–82.
  Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online NANDA, K. & S. C. Gupta. 1977. Development of tapetal periplasmodium in Rhoeo spathacea. Phytomorphology 27: 308–314.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN online Garcia-Velazquez, A. 1995. Cytogenetical studies in Rhoeo spathacea (Commelinaceae) II. Characterization of an acrotrisomic plant. Cytologia 60: 319–327.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. irr. 13 IPCN online Garcia-Velazquez, A. 1995. Cytogenetical studies in Rhoeo spathacea (Commelinaceae) II. Characterization of an acrotrisomic plant. Cytologia 60: 319–327.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN72 JONES, K., & c. JOPLING. 1972. Chromosomes and the classification of the Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 129-162.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw. 12   IPCN67-71 ZIMMERMANN, E. 1968. Mechanismus der nondisjunktionalen Chromosomenverteilung und die Ursachen der Pollensterilitat bei Rhoeo spathacea. Chromosoma (Berl.) 25: 215-248.
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN75-78 Mertens 1974
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 IPCN75-78 Nanda & Gupta 1977
!   Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn Tradescantia spathacea Sw.   12 C-values database Kenton A. (pers. comm. 1984).