Claim · model-written summary
The original Lythraceae basic chromosome number is inferred to be x = 8.
- Taxon
- LythraceaeLythraceaee0
- Outcome
- original basic numbere0
- Value
- x = 8e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionQualifier
Verbatim
e0“thus confirming an earlier suggestion that the original basic number of the Lythraceae is x = 8.”
Title
CHROMOSOME COUNTS FOR SOME LYTHRACEAE SENS. STR. (MYRTALES), AND THE BASE NUMBER OF THE FAMILY
Hiroshi Tobe; Peter H. Raven; Shirley A. Graham Taxon 1986. doi:10.2307/1221033
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Chromosome numbers were newly reported for nine genera and 12 species.
- Observation Thirteen of 15 Lythraceae genera have base number x = 8.
- Observation Peplis and Lythrum have base number x = 5.
- Observation Punica fits the Lythraceae chromosome-number pattern.
- Observation Sonneratia and Duabanga are more distinct from Lythraceae in chromosome numbers.