Abstract
Chromosome counts are reported for 32 taxa (31 species and 1 subspecies) belonging to 10 genera of Commelinaceae from seven African and Asiatic countries. Counts for 13 species and 1 subspecies are recorded for the first time. Published chromosome numbers for Anthericopsis and Polyspatha are confirmed. It is suggested that Palisota, Pollia and Stanfieldiella each has a single basic number (x = 20, 16 and 11, respectively). The known cytological diversity in Floscopa is extended. The third continental African species of Coleotrype is found to have the same chromosome number (2n = 36) as the other two. The preponderance of the basic number x = 15 in Commelina is supported. The uncommon basic number x = 13 is reported in four taxa of Cyanotis together with karyotypic differences. The basic number x = 6 is found in a second species of Murdannia. Karyotypic data in addition to chromosome numbers are presented for 24 of the 32 taxa investigated. Karyotypes are found to be useful in assessing relationships in the family, and evolutionary trends in the karyotype are noted.
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Claim · model-written summary
Palisota, Pollia and Stanfieldiella are suggested to each have a single basic chromosome number (x = 20, 16 and 11).
- Taxon
- Palisota, Pollia and Stanfieldiella
PalisotaStanfieldiella
Polliae4 - Outcome
- single basic numbere4
- Value
- x = 20, 16 and 11e4
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Verbatim
e0“Chromosome counts are reported for 32 taxa (31 species and 1 subspecies) belonging to 10 genera of Commelinaceae from seven African and Asiatic countries”
e4“It is suggested that Palisota, Pollia and Stanfieldiella each has a single basic number (x = 20, 16 and 11, respectively)”
Claim · model-written summary
The third continental African species of Coleotrype has 2n = 36 chromosomes, the same as the other two.
- Taxon
- Coleotrype
Coleotrypee6 - Outcome
- chromosome numbere6
- Value
- 2n = 36e6
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Verbatim
e6“The third continental African species of Coleotrype is found to have the same chromosome number (2n = 36) as the other two”
Claim · model-written summary
The basic number x = 15 is supported as the preponderant basic number in Commelina.
CommelinaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“The preponderance of the basic number x = 15 in Commelina is supported”
Claim · model-written summary
The uncommon basic number x = 13 is reported in four Cyanotis taxa, together with karyotypic differences.
CyanotisOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“The uncommon basic number x = 13 is reported in four taxa of Cyanotis together with karyotypic differences”
Claim · model-written summary
A second Murdannia species has basic number x = 6.
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Verbatim
e1“The basic number x = 6 is found in a second species of Murdannia”
Claim · model-written summary
Chromosome counts are reported for 32 Commelinaceae taxa.
- Taxon
- CommelinaceaeCommelinaceaee0
- Outcome
- Chromosome countse0
- Value
- 32 taxae0
Verbatim
e0“Chromosome counts are reported for 32 taxa (31 species and 1 subspecies) belonging to 10 genera of Commelinaceae from seven African and Asiatic countries”
Claim · model-written summary
Chromosome counts for 13 species and 1 subspecies are recorded for the first time.
- Taxon
- CommelinaceaeCommelinaceaee0
- Outcome
- Countse2
- Value
- 13 species and 1 subspeciese2
- Qualifier
- recorded for the first timee2
Verbatim
e0“Chromosome counts are reported for 32 taxa (31 species and 1 subspecies) belonging to 10 genera of Commelinaceae from seven African and Asiatic countries”
e2“Counts for 13 species and 1 subspecies are recorded for the first time”
Claim · model-written summary
Published chromosome numbers for Anthericopsis and Polyspatha are confirmed.
- Taxon
- Anthericopsis and Polyspatha
MurdanniaPolyspathae3 - Outcome
- published chromosome numberse3
- Qualifier
- confirmede3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“Published chromosome numbers for Anthericopsis and Polyspatha are confirmed”
Claim · model-written summary
The known cytological diversity in Floscopa is extended.
FloscopaOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“The known cytological diversity in Floscopa is extended”
Claim · model-written summary
Karyotypes are useful for assessing relationships in the Commelinaceae family, and evolutionary trends in the karyotype are noted.
- Taxon
- CommelinaceaeCommelinaceaee0
- Outcome
- assessing relationships in the familye1
- Qualifier
- evolutionary trends in the karyotype are notede1
Verbatim
e0“Chromosome counts are reported for 32 taxa (31 species and 1 subspecies) belonging to 10 genera of Commelinaceae from seven African and Asiatic countries”
e1“Karyotypes are found to be useful in assessing relationships in the family, and evolutionary trends in the karyotype are noted”