Probable Base Number for Genus x = 10
C. coelestinum n=10 Grant 1953; Patterson 1994; King et al. 1976; Robinson et al. 1989
C. dissectum n=10 Patterson 1994, Watanabe et al. 1995 (as C. greggii)
C. mayfieldii n=10 Patterson 1994
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