Probable Base Number for Genus x = 10
C. recondita n=10 Sundberg et al. 1986
C. tenuiflora n=10, 2n=20 ref King et al. 1976; Strother 1983; Watanabe et al. 1995
NOTE: Keil and Pinkava 1976 reported n=9 for C. recondita and C. tenuiflora, but these
were later corrected to n=10 (cf. Turner 1988, Plant Systematics and Evolution 160: 169-179.)
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