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A new low chromosome number forOrnithogalum tenuifolium (Hyacinthaceae)

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A new chromosome number (2n=4) forOrnithogalum tenuifolium Delaroche is reported. The new chromosome race is postulated to have originated by a Robertsonian translocation from a Southern African chromosome race with six chromosomes, and represents thus the final step in a series of decreasing basic number of the species.

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Stedje, B. A new low chromosome number forOrnithogalum tenuifolium (Hyacinthaceae). Pl Syst Evol 161, 65–69 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00936013

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