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Chromosome numbers were determined for 340 plants ofCarex conica from 83 populations in Japan. Six aneuploids, 2n=32, 33, 34, 36, 37 and 38, were found. Plants with even diploid chromosome numbers 2n=32, 34, and 36 were the most common and had different geographical distributions. Individuals with 2n=32 were from islands in the Seto Inland Sea and nearby coastal areas of the Chugoku District of Honshu; those with 2n=34 were from the Kanto, Chubu and Kinki Districts of Honshu; those with 2n=36 were from the mountainous areas of Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu Districts. Canonical discriminant analysis of 17 morphological characters demonstrated that the plants with 2n=32 were clearly distinct from those with 2n=34 or 36. All four aneuploids with even chromosome numbers showed normal bivalent pairing at meiotic metaphase I and probably represent cytogenetically stable cytodemes. Plants with 2n=33 had one heteromorphic trivalent and 15 bivalents, indicating a structural mutation. At mitotic metaphase I, one chromosome was markedly larger than the others, suggesting that the 2n=33 plants arose from 2n=34 plants by fusion of two chromsomes. The plant with 2n=37 was intermediate in morphology betweenCarex conica (2n=36) andC. morrowii (2n=38) and probably originated as an interspecific hybrid between these species.
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Hoshino, T., Waterway, M.J. Cytogeography and meiotic chromosome configurations of six intraspecific aneuploids ofCarex conica Boott (Cyperaceae) in Japan. J. Plant Res. 107, 131–138 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02346008
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