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Cytotaxonomic study of ferns of Yunnan, southwestern China

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A cytotaxonomic study was made of 90 fern species of Yunnan, southwestern China, based on collections from northwestern, central, and southwestern Yunnan and a few Cheng's collections. The results verified most of the formerly reported basic chromosome numbers of Chinese genera, and recorded for the first time the basic numbers ofGymnogrammitis andSorolepidium and Chinese members of several other genera. Cytotaxonomy of some problematical genera was discussed. Biogeographical relationships between Japanese, Chinese, and Himalayan ferns were compared with special reference to local cyto-reproductive variations inConiogramme, Deparia, Onychium, andPteris cretica. The present evidence indicates that most triploid species examined are agamosporous, as general in filicalean ferns, and also suggests the sexual 32-spored sporogenesis inHypodematium crenatum andSorolepidium graciale as in Lindsaeaceae.

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  1. Botamical Gardens, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 3-7-1 Hakusan, 112, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahiro Kato & Kunio Iwatsuki

  2. Shinjuku High School, Sendagaya, 151, Tokyo, Japan

    Narumi Nakato

  3. Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, China

    Xiao Cheng

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Kato, M., Nakato, N., Cheng, X. et al. Cytotaxonomic study of ferns of Yunnan, southwestern China. Bot Mag Tokyo 105, 105–124 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489407

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