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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeSilphiumSilphium gracile A. Gray

3 chromosome counts in Silphium gracile A. Gray:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Silphium gracile A. Gray Silphium radula var. gracile (A. Gray) J. A. Clevinger   14 IPCN online Xu, H. y., M. y. Chang & L. c. Tian. 1992. Studies on the karyotypes of 8 species in Silphium. Chin. Bull. Bot. 9(3): 47–49.
  Silphium gracile A. Gray Silphium radula var. gracile (A. Gray) J. A. Clevinger   14 IPCN online Zhao, Z. 1996. Documented chromosome numbers 1996:2. Miscellaneous U. S. A. and Mexican species, mostly Asteraceae. Sida 17(1): 259–263.
!   Silphium gracile A. Gray Silphium radula var. gracile (A. Gray) J. A. Clevinger   14 IPCN67-71 SETTLE, w. J. 1967. The chromosome morphology in the genus Silphium (Compositae). Ohio Jour. Sci. 67: 10-19.