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CCDB → Angiosperms → Apocynaceae → Catharanthus → Vinca rosea L.

13 chromosome counts in Vinca rosea L.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16 IPCN online Segawa, M., S. Ohta & K. Kondo. 1984. Effect of vinblastine on root meristematic cells of Vinca major L., a close relative of the vinblastine-source Vinca rosea L. Kromosomo 34: 1073–1078.
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16 IPCN online Kramers, M. R. & H. Stebbings. 1977. The insensitivity of Vinca rosea to Vinblastine. Chromosoma 61:277–287.
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don 8   IPCN online Gill, L. S. 1975. On the occurrence of endopolyploidy in Solanum verbascifolium L. (Solanaceae). Sci. & Cult. 41: 603–604.
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16 IPCN online Obermayer, R. & J. Greilhuber. 2006. Cryptopolyploidy revisited: the case of Vinca (Apocynaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 256: 201–208.
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   24 IPCN67-71 DNYANSAGAR, V.R., & I.V. SUDHAKARAN. 1970. Induced tetraploidy in Vinca ~ L. Cytologia 35: 227-241.
!   Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16 Kumar, 1987 Abeywickrama, B.A. 1973 ; Sarkar, A. K., Datta, N. & Chatterjee, U. 1975 ; Chauhan, A.K.S. 1980 ; Balamani, G. V.A. 1981
!   Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16 Kumar, 1987 Roy, R.P. & Saran, J. 1960; Dnyansa- gar, V.R. & Sudhakaran, I.V. 1966a, b ; Sudhakaran, I. V. 1968 ; Gill, L.S. 1972; Gill, L.S. & Abubakar, A.M. 1975
!   Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16, 32 Kumar, 1987 Furusato, K. 1940 ; Janaki Ammal, E. K. & Bezbaruah, H.P. 1963
!   Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   32 Kumar, 1987 Dnyansagar, V.R. & Sudhakaran, I.V. 1970
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16, (32) Fedorov, 1974 Furusato 1940
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16, (32) Fedorov, 1974 D. 1955)
  Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16, 32 Fedorov, 1974 Janaki Ammal, Bezbaruah 1963
!   Vinca rosea L. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don   16 C-values database Obermayer R, Greilhuber J. 2006. Cryptopolyploidy revisited: the case of Vinca (Apocynaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 256: 201-208.