List of Chromosome Count Reports - Chromolaena

Probable Base Number for Genus x = 10

Note: apomixis and associated chromosomal irregularities is common in Chromolaena

Reference List is at bottom

C. arnottiana n=27-30 I; 2n= 8-9 II + 10-12 I ref Robinson et al. 1989

C. barbacensis 2n=30 ref Dematteis et al. 2007

C. christieana 2n=30 ref Dematteis et al. 2007

C. collina n=10 ref King et al. 1976; Robinson et al. 1989

C. cryptantha n=10 ref Robinson et al. 1989

C. hirsuta 2n=20 II ref Dematteis et al. 2007

C. horminoides 2n=30 ref Watanabe et al. 2007

C. ivaefolia n=50I ref Turner et al. 1967

C. kleinii 2n=10II ref Watanabe et al. 2007

C. laevigata n= ca 20, 2n=50, 56 I, 60 ref King et al. 1976; Powell & King 1969; Sundberg et al. 1986; Watanabe et al. 1995; Watanabe et al. 2007; Bertasso-Borges & Coleman 2005

C. odorata 2n= ca 80I; n=10, 20, 30, 31 + 4I, 35, 60 I ref Grashoff et al. 1972; King et al. 1976; Coleman 1989

C. oinopolepis 2n=10II + 10 I, 6 III + 4 II + 2 I ref Watanabe et al. 2007

C. opadiclina n=10 ref King et al. 1976

C. pedunculosa 2n=10II + 10 I, 8 III + 2 II + 2 I ref Watanabe et al. 2007 (NOTE - listing of 2n=20II + 10I in Watanabe et al. 1995 corrected to 2n=10II + 10I in Watanabe 2007)

C. pseudinsignis n= probably 10 ref Robinson et al. 1989

C. pulchella 2n=30 I ref cf BLT 1997

C. quercetora n=20 ref Sundberg et al. 1986

C. sagittata n=20 ref Turner & Flyr 1966; King et al. 1976; 2n= 8II + 1 IV or 9II + 2 I Keil & Pinkava 1976; 2n=20 + 2f Strother & Panero 2001

C. scabra n=10 ref Powell & King 1969

C. squalida n=30 ref Coleman & Coleman 1988 (as Eupatorium squalidum)

C. subhastata 2n=19 II + 2 I ref Sundberg et al. 1986

C. tacotanum n=10 ref Powell & King 1969

C. tunariensis 2n=11 II + 1 ref Robinson et al. 1989

C. turbinata 2n=30 I ref Sundberg et al. 1986

C. verbenacea 2n=20 II ref Dematteis et al. 2007

C. xalapana n=10 ref cf BLT 1997

References

Bertasso-Borges, M. S. and J. R. Coleman. 2005. Cytogenetics and embryology of Eupatorium laevigatum (Compositae). Genetics and Molecular Biology 28: 123-128.

Coleman, J. R. 1989. Embryology and cytogenetics of apomictic hexaploid Eupatorium odoratum L. (Compositae). Rev. Bras. Genet. 12: 803-817.

Coleman, J. R. and M. A. Coleman. 1988. Embryology and cytogenetics of apomictic triploid Eupatorium squalidum DC (Compositae). Rev. Bras. Genet. 11: 129-148.

Dematteis, M., J. Molero, M. B. Angulo, and A. M. Rovira. 2007. Chromosome studies on some Asteraceae from South America. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 221-230.

Grashoff, J. L., M. W. Bierner, and D. K. Northington. 1972. Chromosome numbers in North and Central American Compositae. Brittonia 24: 379-394.

Keil, D. J. and D. J. Pinkava. 1976. Chromosome counts and taxonomic notes for Compositae from the United States and Mexico. American Journal of Botany 63: 1393-1403.

King, R. M., D. W. Kyhos, A. M. Powell, P. H. Raven, and H. Robinson. 1976. Chromosome numbers in Compositae. XIII. Eupatorieae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 63: 862-888.

Powell, A. M. and R. M. King. 1969. Chromosome numbers in the Compositae: Colombian species. American Journal of Botany 56: 116-121.

Robinson, H., A. M. Powell, G. D. Carr, R. M. King, and J. F. Weedin. 1989. Chromosome numbers in Compositae, XVI: Eupatorieae II. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 76: 1004-1011.

Strother, J. L. and J. L. Panero. 2001. Chromosome studies: Mexican Compositae. American Journal of Botany 88: 499-502.

Sundberg, S., C. P. Cowan, and B. L. Turner. 1986. Chromosome counts of Latin American Compositae. American Journal of Botany 73: 33-38.

Turner, B. L. and D. Flyr. 1966. Chromosome numbers in the Compositae. X. North American species. American Journal of Botany 53: 24-33.

Turner, B. L. A. M. Powell, and J. Cuatrecasas. 1967. Chromosome numbers in Compositae. XI. Peruvian species. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 54: 172-177.

BLT 1997, Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico. Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs Vol. 11.

Watanabe, K., R. M. King, T. Yahara, M. Ito, J. Yokoyama, T. Suzuki, and D. J. Crawford. 1995. Chromosomal cytology and evolution in Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82: 581-592.

Watanabe, K., T. Yahara, G. Hashimoto, Y. Nagatani, A. Soejima, T. Kawahara, and M. Nakazawa. 2007. Chromosome numbers and karyotypes in Asteraceae. Annal of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94: 643-654.