List of Chromosome Count Reports - Microspermum

Probable Base Number for Genus x = 12

M. debile 2n=24 ref Sundberg et al. 1986; Watanabe et al. 1995; Watanabe et al. 2007

M. flaccidum n=12 ref cf BLT 1997

M. nummulariifolium 2n=24; 2n=36 ref Sundberg et al. 1986; Strother & Panero 2001; Watanabe et al. 2007

References

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

Strother, J. L. and J. L. Panero. 2001. Chromosome studies: Mexican Compositae. American Journal of Botany 88: 499-502.

Sundberg, S., C. P. Cowan, and B. L. Turner. 1986. Chromosome counts of Latin American Compositae. American Journal of Botany 73: 33-38.

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.