The diploid nature of the chilean epipetrum and a new base number in the dioscoreaceae

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-339

  Viruel, Juan ^a   Segarra Moragues, Jose Gabriel ^a   Pérez Collazos, Ernesto ^a   Vtllar, Luis ^b   Catalán, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Borderea; Chromosome counts; E. bilobum; E. polyanthes; Epipetrum humile; Ploidy levels; X = 7; Yam family

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; ENDEMIC SPECIES; KARYOTYPE; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; RARE SPECIES;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 57349165878     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288250809509771     Document Type: Article

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