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Chromosome numbers in AustralianEuphrasia (Scrophulariaceae)

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Chromosome numbers for six Australian taxa ofEuphrasia have been determined. Improved staining techniques have shown that numbers for four of the taxa published previously by the first author were incorrect. The investigated taxa show high ploidy levels with an apparent base number of x = 11, the same as for the genus outside Australia.

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  1. State Herbarium, Botanic Gardens, North Terrace, 5000, Adelaide, S. A., Australia

    W. R. Barker

  2. Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, A-1030, Vienna, Austria

    M. Kiehn & E. Vitek

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Dedicated to Prof. DrElisabeth Tschermak-Woess on the occasion of her 70th birthday.

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Barker, W.R., Kiehn, M. & Vitek, E. Chromosome numbers in AustralianEuphrasia (Scrophulariaceae). Pl Syst Evol 158, 161–164 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936342

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