Chromosome numbers, karyotypes and nuclear DNA contents from perennial polyploid groups of Cerastium (Caryophyllaceae)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Boşcaiu, Monica ^a,b   Vicente, Oscar ^c,d   Ehrendorfer, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Vienna   (Austria)

^d Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caryophyllaceae; Cerastium; Chromosome numbers; Feulgen cytophotometry; Flow cytometry; Nuclear DNA content

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CERASTIUM; CERASTIUM ALPINUM; CERASTIUM ARCTICUM; CERASTIUM ARVENSE; CERASTIUM ARVENSE STRICTUM; CERASTIUM BANATICUM; CERASTIUM CARINTHIACUM; CERASTIUM ERIOPHORUM; CERASTIUM FONTANUM; CERASTIUM LATIFOLIUM; CERASTIUM TRANSSYLVANICUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ERIOPHORUM;

EID: 0345149028     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01087030     Document Type: Article

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