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6 chromosome counts in Sorghum vulgare Pers.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Sorghum vulgare Pers. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench   20 IPCN online Saini, M. L., R. S. Paroda & J. B. Chowdhury. 1982. Pachytene analysis in six species of Eu-Sorghum and their hybrid. Cytologia 47: 451–456.
  Sorghum vulgare Pers. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 20   IPCN online Gao, W. h., Z. s. Zhi, E. h. Zhang, S. x. Wu & J. Han. 2002. Karyotype analysis of chromosomes of two hybrids and their parents in Sorghum genus. Grassl. China 24(4): 68–71.
!   Sorghum vulgare Pers. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 10   IPCN67-71 MAGOON, M. L., M. A. TAYYAB, & R. S. SADASIVAIAH. 1967. Cytogenetics of inter-subesctional hybrids in the genus Sorghum. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 80: 176-184.
!   Sorghum vulgare Pers. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 10   IPCN67-71 MAGOON, M. L., M. A. TAYYAB, & R. S. SADASIVAIAH. 1967. A cytomorphological study of the genus Sorghum. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 80: 427-439.
!   Sorghum vulgare Pers. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench   20 Darlington, 1955 1915
  Sorghum vulgare Pers. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench 10 20 Cave1957 Sharma & Bhattach.