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CCDBAngiospermsAsparagaceaeDrimiaScilla indica Roxb.

7 chromosome counts in Scilla indica Roxb.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30 IPCN online SHERIFF, A. 1979. Cytogeographical studies on Scilla indica in India I.--Diploids. J. Cytol. Genet. 14: 83–87.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30 IPCN online Chakraborti, S. P. & S. Sen. 1983. Chromosomal changes in the scale leaf callus of diploid Scilla indica. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., B 49: 120–124.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   58, 60, 64 IPCN online Vijayavalli, B. & P. M. Mathew. 1988. Studies of south Indian Liliaceae: II. Cytology of species of four genera of the tribe Scilleae. New Bot. 15: 61–68.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   58, 60, 64 IPCN online Vijayavalli, B. & P. M. Mathew. 1988. Studies on the south Indian Liliaceae: I. Cytology of Scilla indica Linn. J. Cytol. Genet. 23: 161–165.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   64, 66 IPCN online Vijayavalli, B. & P. M. Mathew. 1990. Cytotax. Liliaceae Allied Fam. Continental Publishers, Kerala, India.
  Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop irreg. 30 IPCN online SHERIFF, A. & U. G. Rao. 1981. Cytogeographical studies on Scilla indica in India -triploids. Cytologia 46: 69–74.
!   Scilla indica Roxb. Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop   30 C-values database Chakravarty B, Sen S. 1992. Chromosomes and nuclear DNA in regenerants of Scilla indica (Roxb.) Baker derived from two explant sources. Cytologia 57: 41-46.