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CCDBAngiospermsCompositaeSilphiumSilphium laevigatum Pursh

2 chromosome counts in Silphium laevigatum Pursh:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Silphium laevigatum Pursh Silphium asteriscus L. 7   IPCN67-71 JONES, S.B. Jr. 1968. Chromosome numbers in southeastern United States Compositae I. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95: 393-395.
  Silphium laevigatum Pursh Silphium asteriscus L.   14 IPCN67-71 SETTLE, w. J. 1967. The chromosome morphology in the genus Silphium (Compositae). Ohio Jour. Sci. 67: 10-19.