List of Chromosome Count Reports - Liatris

Probable Base Number for Genus x = 10

L. acidota n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1949

L. chapmanii n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1950a; Jones 1970

L. garberi n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1949

L. gracilis n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1950a

L. graminifolia n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1950a

L. helleri n=10 ref Gaiser 1950a

L. microcephala n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1949; Jones 1970

L. pauciflora n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1950a

L. punctata n=20, 2n=20, 40, 60 ref Gaiser 1950b

L. pycnostachya n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1949

L. regimontis n=10 ref Gaiser 1950a

L. secunda n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1950a

L. spicata n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1949; Watanabe et al. 1995

L. squarrosa 2n=20 ref Keil et al. 1988

L. turgida n=10, 2n=20 ref Gaiser 1950a

References

Gaiser, L. O. 1949. Chromosome studies in Liatris. I. Spicatae and Pycnostachyae. American Journal of Botany 36: 122-135.

Gaiser, L. O. 1950a. Chromosome studies in Liatris. II. Graminifoliae and Pauciflorae. American Journal of Botany 37: 414-423.

Gaiser, L. O. 1950b. Chromosome studies in Liatris. III. Punctatae. American Journal of Botany 37: 763-771.

Jones, S. B. 1970. Chromosome numbers in Compositae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 97: 168-171.

Keil, D. J., M. A. Luckow, and D. J. Pinkava. 1988. Chromosome studies in Asteraceae from the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, and South America. American Journal of Botany 75: 652-668

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.