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The somatic karyotypes of 10 taxa belonging toAllium subgen.Molium (Liliaceae) from the Mediterranean area have been investigated using Giemsa C-band and fluorochrome (Hoechst, Quinacrine) banding techniques. A wide range of banding patterns has been revealed. InAllium moly (2n = 14),A. oreophilum (2n = 16) andA. paradoxum (2n = 16) C-banding is restricted to a region on each side of the nucleolar organisers and the satellites show reduced fluorescence with fluorochromes. The satellites are also C-banded and with reduced fluorescence inA. triquetrum (2n = 18), but two other chromosome pairs also have telomeric bands which are not distinguished by fluorochrome treatment. InA. erdelii (2n = 16) 4 pairs of metacentric chromosomes have telomeric C-bands while 2 pairs of telocentric chromosomes have centromeric C-banding. InA. subhirsutum (2n = 14),A. neapolitanum (2n = 28),A. trifoliatum subsp.hirsutum (2n = 14) andA. trifoliatum subsp.trifoliatum (2n = 21) chromosomes with long centromeres, consisting of a centromere and nucleolar organiser are positively C-banded on each side of the constriction. InA. subhirsutum banding is confined to the pair of chromosomes with this feature, whereas inA. neapolitanum one additional chromosome pair has telomeric bands and inA. trifoliatum there are varying numbers of chromosomes with centromeric and telomeric bands, depending on the subspecies.A. zebdanense (2n = 18) shows no C-bands. The banding patterns in this subgenus are compared with those recorded for otherAllium species and with the sectional divisions in the genus. Evidence from the banding patterns for allopolyploidy inA. trifoliatum subsp.trifoliatum andA. neapolitanum is discussed.
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Badr, A., Elkington, T.T. Variation of Giemsa C-band and fluorochrome banded karyotypes, and relationships inAllium subgen.Molium . Pl Syst Evol 128, 23–35 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985168
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