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List of Chromosome Count Reports - Critonia

Probable Base Number for Genus x = 10

C. daleoides n=10 ref Grant 1953

C. hebebotryium n=10 ref cf BLT 1997

C. hospitalis n=ca 10 ref King et al. 1976

C. morifolia n=10 ref Turner et al. 1962; King et al. 1976; Sundberg et al. 1986

C. quadrangularis n=10 ref Turner et al. 1962

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

References

Grant, W. F. 1953. A cytotaxonomic study in the genus Eupatorium. American Journal of Botany 40: 729-742.

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.

Turner, B. L., A. M. Powell, and R. M. King. 1962. Chromosome numbers in the Compositae VI. Additional Mexican and Guatemalan Species. Rhodora 64: 251-271.

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