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Karyotype studies in Grabowskia and Phrodus (Solanaceae)

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Mitotic chromosome numbers and karyotypes of Grabowskia (G. boerhaviaefolia, G. duplicata, G. obtusa) and the monotypic genus Phrodus (P. microphyllus) were determined. Both genera were diploid with 2n = 24. The chromosome number of G. obtusa is reported here for the first time. Karyotypes of Grabowskia species were highly symmetrical with 11m + 1sm pairs. Phrodus microphyllus showed a different formula: 8m + 3sm + 1st pairs. Karyotypic features suggest that morphological differentiation in Grabowskia was not followed by chromosomal divergence, as previously found in Lycium as well. Although symmetrical karyotypes have been correlated with an ancestral condition of the taxa bearing them, in the tribe Lycieae the basal genus Phrodus showed the opposite trend.

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Rachel Levin and Jill Miller (Amherst College, USA) helped with field trips. Grants from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina) and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (SECYT-UNC, Argentina) are acknowledged.

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    G. Bernardello, L. Stiefkens & M. L. Las Peñas

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Bernardello, G., Stiefkens, L. & Las Peñas, M.L. Karyotype studies in Grabowskia and Phrodus (Solanaceae). Plant Syst Evol 275, 265–269 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-008-0060-9

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