Probable Base Number for Genus x = 10
North American Species
E. album 2n=20 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. altissimum 2n=20, 30, 40 ref Sullivan 1976
E. capillifolium n=10 ref Sullivan 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. compositifolium n=10 ref Sullivan 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. cordigerum 2n=40 ref Grant 1953
E. godfreyanum 2n=30I, 40I ref Montgomery & Fairbrothers 1970 (as E. vaseyi)
E. hyssopifolium 2n=20; n=20; 2n=30 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; King et al. 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. lancifolium 2n=20 ref Sullivan 1976
E. leptophyllum 2n=20 ref Sullivan 1976
E. mikanioides 2n=20 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976
E. mohrii 2n=20, 2n=30, 2n=40 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990 (includes E. recurvans)
E. perfoliatum n=10 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; King et al. 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. petaloideum 2n=20 ref Sullivan 1976
E. pilosum 2n=20, 30, 40 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; Montgomery & Fairbrothers 1970
E. pubescens 2n=39-40, 40 I ref King et al. 1976; Montgomery & Fairbrothers 1970 (as E. rotundifolium var. ovatum)
E. resinosum 2n=20 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. rotundifolium 2n=30, n=10, 2n=20 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990; Montgomery & Fairbrothers 1970
E. semiserratum 2n=20 ref Grant 1953
E. serotinum 2n=20, n=10 ref Grant 1953; King et al. 1976; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. sessilifolium 2n=20, 30 ref Sullivan 1976; Grant 1953; Montgomery & Fairbrothers 1970
E. torreyanum 2n=30 ref Sullivan 1976 (included as part of E. hyssopifolium)
E. vaseyi 2n=30 ref Grant 1953; Sullivan 1976
Eurasian Species
E. cannabinum 2n=20, 40 ref Grant 1953; Watanabe 1986
E. chinense 2n=20, 30, 40, 50 ref Watanabe 1986; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. clematideum 2n=20 ref Watanabe 1986
E. formosanum 2n=20 ref Watanabe 1986; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. glehni 2n=20, 30, 40 ref Watanabe 1986; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. japonicum 2n=40 ref Watanabe 1986
E. lindleyanum 2n=20, 30, 40 ref Watanabe 1986; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. luchuense 2n=20 ref Watanabe et al. 1990
E. shimadai 2n=20 ref Watanabe 1986
E. variabile 2n=20 ref Watanabe 1986; Watanabe et al. 1990
E. yakushinense 2n=20 ref Watanabe 1986; Watanabe et al. 1990
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