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Chromosome numbers in callirhoe (Malvaceae)

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Forty-four chromosome counts from the North American genusCallirhoe are reported, including first-recorded counts ofC. alcaeoides, C. digitata, C. bushii, C. triangulata, andC. involucrata var.tenuissima. Information concerning chromosome numbers from present and previous reports is summarized and evaluated. Observations are presented on meiosis for the genus in general, for male sterile individuals of gynodioecious species, and for selected F1 hybrids. Pollen fertility data are recorded for the latter. Chromosomally three species groups are recognized: an exinvolucellate, diploid species group withn=14; an involucellate, tetraploid and octoploid species pair,n=28 and 56; and an involucellate, diploid and tetraploid species group withn=15 and 30. Intrageneric relationships and those within the tribe Malveae subtribe Malvinae are discussed.

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  1. L. H. Bailey Hortorium, 467 Mann Library, Cornell University, 14853, Ithaca, NY

    David M. Bates

  2. New York Botanical Garden, 10458-5126, Bronx, NY

    Laurence J. Dorr

  3. Department of Biology, Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus, 11548, Greenvale, NY

    Orland J. Blanchard

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Bates, D.M., Dorr, L.J. & Blanchard, O.J. Chromosome numbers in callirhoe (Malvaceae). Brittonia 41, 143–151 (1989). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807520

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