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Karyological analyses of 33 species of the tribe Ophiopogoneae (Liliaceae) from Southwest China

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Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of 26 Ophiopogon species, 2 Liriope species and 5 Peliosanthes species of the family Liliaceae from Southwest China, were investigated. The study revealed a detailed picture of chromosome features and their pattern of karyotype variation in Ophiopogoneae. Karyotype asymmetry in different species and different populations of the same species varied greatly due to different locality conditions. Our analyses may support the separately monophyly of Ophiopogon, Liriope and Peliosanthes.

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We are grateful to Professor Jan Suda for his important assistance in manuscript revision, and Dr. Hu Guangwan for providing some necessary materials. The study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Major State Basic Research Development Program (2010CB951700), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 40930209 to H. Sun).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

    Guang-Yan Wang, Ying Meng & Yong-Ping Yang

  2. Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research at Kunming, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

    Guang-Yan Wang, Ying Meng & Yong-Ping Yang

  3. Plant Germplasm and Genomics Centre, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

    Yong-Ping Yang

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, People’s Republic of China

    Guang-Yan Wang

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Wang, GY., Meng, Y. & Yang, YP. Karyological analyses of 33 species of the tribe Ophiopogoneae (Liliaceae) from Southwest China. J Plant Res 126, 597–604 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-013-0557-3

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