Chromosome numbers in Impatiens (Balsaminaceae)

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 2630-2635 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Zinov'eva-Stahevitch ◽  
W. F. Grant

Chromosome numbers were determined for 44 taxa of Impatiens. Ten of these are reported for the first time, of which one is the first record for a species native to Borneo. Chromosome numbers ranged from n = 3 to n = 24. Three new dysploid cytotypes were observed. A chromosome number of n = 17, previously recorded only from Thailand and Malaysia, was found in a South Indian taxon whose putative hybrid origin is discussed. The frequency of the different chromosome numbers occurring in the genus (n = 3 to n = 33) is summarized and dysploidy and polyploidy are discussed.

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Yavuz Koçak ◽  
Elmas Yağmur

Information on the karyotypes of Turkish species of Cerambycidae is scanty. Our study contributes to the knowledge of the karyological data (chromosomal number and mechanism of sex determination) of five Turkish longicorn beetles; karyotypes of four taxa, one endemic, are described for the first time and for the remaining one, Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783), the previously published chromosome count is confirmed. The chromosome number of Purpuricenus desfontainii inhumeralis Pic, 1891 and Purpuricenus budensis (Götz, 1783) (Cerambycinae, Trachyderini) was found to be 2n = 28 (13 + Xyp); Clytus rhamni Germar, 1817 and Plagionotus floralis (Pallas, 1773) (Cerambycinae, Clytini) 2n = 20 (9 + Xyp); and the endemic Dorcadion triste phrygicum Peks, 1993 (Lamiinae, Dorcadionini) 2n = 24 (11 + Xyp). In view of the paucity of data available until now, our study is important for both to improve the poor karyological knowledge of Turkish Cerambycidae and to provide an incentive for other researchers.


Bothalia ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Spies ◽  
E. J. L. Saayman ◽  
S. P. Voges ◽  
G. Davidse

Cytogenetic studies of 53 specimens of 14 species of the genus  Ehrharta Thunb. confirmed a basic chromosome number of 12 for the genus. Chromosome numbers for 13 species are described for the first time. The highest ploidy level yet observed in the genus (2n = lOx = 120) is reported for E. villosa var.  villosa. B chromosomes were observed in several specimens of four different species.


Author(s):  
Nana Bakhtadze ◽  
Nino Gabroshvili ◽  
Levan Mumladze ◽  
Nino Gabroshvili

Chromosome number data on the Hygromiidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) are summarized and reviewed briefly in the context of the phylogeny of the family. In hygromiids, the haploid chromosome numbers range from 21 to 26. It is supposed that n = 21 is the ancestral chromosome number in the family. The modal haploid number for Hygromiidae is 23. Description of karyotype in terms of chromosome number and morphology of hygromiid land snail Circassina frutis is provided for the first time. The diploid chromosome number of this species is 2n = 46. The karyotype is symmetric and consists of 21 pairs of metacentric and 2 pairs of submetacentric chromosomes. The karyotype formula is as follows: 2n = 42m + 4sm (n = 21m + 2sm). The fundamental number (FN) is 92. Chromosomes range in length from 2.53 μm for the smallest pair to 6.00 μm for the largest pair. The total length of chromosomes in diploid complement (TCL) is 170.40 ± 3.22 μm.


1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 781 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Watanabe ◽  
P. S. Short ◽  
T. Denda ◽  
N. Konishi ◽  
M. Ito ◽  
...  

Chromosome number determinations from 152 collections representing 42 genera and 106 species of the Australian Gnaphalieae and Plucheeae are reported. The chromosome numbers of 75 of these species have not been previously counted or differ from those previously reported for species. Chromosome numbers have been documented for the first time for 14 genera: Argyroglottis (n = 12), Cephalosorus (2n = 24), Decazesia (n = 14), Dielitzia (2n = 26), Eriochlamys (n = 14), Erymophyllum (n = 11 and 14), Gilruthia (n = 13), Leucochrysum (n = 9), Myriocephalus s. str. (n = 14, 2n = 24), Polycalymma s. str. (n = 14), Pterocaulon (n = 10), Pterochaeta (n = 12), Quinetia (2n – 24) and Sondottia (2n = 6). Remaining counts augment and agree with previously reported determinations. Some problems with generic delimitation and interpretation of chromosome data are outlined. There is an array of karyotypes within the Australian Gnaphalieae and dysploidy is widespread. Polyploidy has also played an important role in the evolution of some taxa. Evidence suggests that the base number for Australian Gnaphalieae is x = 14. This may be the base number for the entire tribe.


1969 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 883 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ Pritchard

The chromosome numbers of 31 species of Trifolium are reported, 18 for the first time. A reduction in basic chromosome number has occurred only in the three most highly specialized subgenera, and polyploids occur mainly in one of the more primitive subgenera.


1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 672-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Stahevitch ◽  
W. A. Wojtas

Chromosome number determinations are reported for 58 accessions, comprising 13 native and introduced taxa of Artemisia found in Canada and the United States. Chromosome numbers observed were n = 8, 9, 18, and 27. A chromosome number of 2n = 18 is the first report for A. pacifica Nutt. A new tetraploid cytotype (2n = 36) was found in A. frigida Willd. Supernumerary chromosomes (n = 9 + 3) and mixoploidy (n = 18, 36) were also observed in this taxon for the first time. Heteroploidy was present in several species. In some taxa, morphological or ecological differences between the chromosomal races were detected; in other cases no differences were noted. Karylogical and phylogenetic evidence is presented for the original chromosome number in Artemisia having been x = 9.


2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-339
Author(s):  
Seyed Ghaffari ◽  
Abbas Zare ◽  
Fereshteh Corom ◽  
Masoureh Sedaghati

Original meiotic or both meiotic and mitotic chromosome numbers are reported for ten endemic and one non endemic species in nine vascular plant families from Iran. The chromosome numbers of Acantholimon schahrudicum, A. truncatum, Anthochlamys multinervis, Campanula perpusilla, Cousinia calcitrapa var. interrupta, Dorema ammoniacum, Euphorbia gedrosiaca, and Hyocyamus orthocarpus were determined for the first time. The chromosome counts for Astrodaucus persicus and Hedysarum criniferum agree with previous ones. The gametic chromosome numbers for Hedysarum criniferum and Allium stipitatum are reported here for the first time. The occurrence of accessory chromosomes are also reported for Acantholimon schahrudicum and Dorema ammoniacum, being the first records of B chromosomes in the genera Acantholimon and Dorema.


2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kazimierski ◽  
E. M. Kazimierska

The species of the genus <i>Trifolium</i> differ by the number of pollen sacs in stamen heads. Some have only two, other four and in some species there arę two, three or four pollen sacs. The opinion of some authors (Schnarf 1931, Davis 1966) that from this point of view this genus is uniform is wrong. There is some dependence between the chromosome number (2n) and the number of pollen sacs. For two species - <i>T. carmeli</i> and <i>T. desvauxii</i> - the chromosome numbers 2n=14 were established for the first time.


1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 1421-1448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wray M. Bowden

A cytotaxonomic treatment is given for 10 native species, 4 introduced species, and 8 natural interspecific hybrids of the genus Agropyron Gaertner that occur in Canada. Five of the native Agropyron species, one introduced species, and one natural interspecific hybrid are also found in Alaska. Eight of the native species, the four introduced species, and four natural interspecific hybrids are present in the mainland United States. Four additional native species and five additional introduced species that occur in the mainland United States are considered briefly.Nomenclatural proposals include: Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribn. var. riparium (Scribn. & Smith) Bowden; Agropyron × pseudorepens Scribn. & Smith (pro sp.) nm. pseudorepens and nm. vulpinum (Rydb.) Bowden (A. dasystachyum × A. trachycaulum); and Agropyron × brevifolium Scribn. (pro sp.) (A. scribneri × A. violaceum).Voucher specimens are cited for chromosome number determinations of the native and introduced Agropyron species and some natural and artificial interspecific hybrids. Chromosome numbers are reported for the first time for A. violaceum (2n = 28), A. yukonense (2n = 28), the natural hybrids A. × pseudorepens nm. pseudorepens and nm. vulpinum (2n = 28), A. dasystachyum × A. spicatum (2n = 21), and A. violaceum × A. yukonense (2n = 28), and four artificial interspecific hybrids. Seven natural hybrids and four artificial hybrids are reported for the first time.


1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 587-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Modesto Luceño

Meiotic studies on 26 taxa, including two hybrids, of the genus Carex are presented. Results obtained with the hybrid between Carex remota and Carex paniculata ssp. lusitanica were remarkable, since they showed a great number of configurations and even different chromosome numbers in metaphase I. The karyology of the Carex muricata group in the SW of Europe was studied for the first time. I also performed the first studies on the karyology of two species belonging to section Carex in the SW of Europe, namely Carex hirta, which gave the highest chromosome number reported so far for the genus Carex (2n = 114), and Carex lasiocarpa Erhr., for which I found a putative triploid whose chromosome number (2n = 78–85) was not constant in metaphase I. Agmatoploidy seems to be the most important process involved in the cytogenetic evolution of the species studied here. The idea of the existence of "fragile points" in the chromosomes is suggested to explain the formation of bivalents upon chromosome breakage. In addition, the chromosome number for Carex canariensis is reported here for the first time. Key words: Carex, Cyperaceae, cytogenetics, western Mediterranean.


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