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CCDB → Angiosperms → Commelinaceae → Tradescantia → Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr.

8 chromosome counts in Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth   72, 76, 92 IPCN online Martinez, A. 1984. Numero de cromosomas y distribucion geografica del complejo Tradescantia fluminensis Vell. (Commelinaceae) y especies afines. Parodiana 3: 129–150.
  Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth   60 IPCN online Weryszko-Chmielewska, E. 1989. An investigation of the karyotypes of four species from the genera Setcreasea, Spironema and Tradescantia (Commelinaceae). Acta Soc. Bot. Poloniae 58: 527–540.
  Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth   70, 90, 110 IPCN72 JONES, K., & c. JOPLING. 1972. Chromosomes and the classification of the Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 129-162.
  Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth 32   IPCN67-71 HEITZ, B. 1968. Commelinacees II. Inf. Ann. Caryosyst. et Cytogenet. 2: 26-32.
!   Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth   72 IPCN67-71 ICHIKAWA, s., & A.H. SPARROW. 1967. Radiation-induced loss of the reproductive integrity in the stamen hairs of a polyploid series of Tradescantia species. Radiat. Bot. Vol. 7: 429-441.
  Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth c.36 72 IPCN67-71 LEWIS, w. H.' Y. SUDA, & R. L. OLIVER. 1967. In Chromosome numbers of phanerogams. 2. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54: 178-181.
!   Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth   72 C-values database Martínez A, Ginzo HD. 1985. DNA content in Tradescantia. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 27: 766-775.
!   Tradescantia blossfeldiana Mildbr. Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth   92 C-values database Martínez A, Ginzo HD. 1985. DNA content in Tradescantia. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 27: 766-775.