Paper · 2010 · Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Chromosome counts in Gaultheria and related genera

D. J. Middleton; C. C. Wilcock

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Abstract

The chromosome numbers of 32 taxa in the ‘Gaultheria group’ of genera of the tribe Andromedeae in the Ericaceae have been counted; 15 of these have been counted for the first time. All taxa counted in Gaultheria and Leucothoë have a chromosome number based on x = 11. The chromosome numbers counted in Diplycosia are 2n = 36 and in Zenobia 2n = c.66. G. insana and G. procumbens show different polyploid races: G. insana tetraploids and hexaploids and G. procumbens diploids, tetraploids and octoploids.

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Chromosome numbers were counted for 32 taxa, including 15 first counts.

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Gaultheria groupe0
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chromosome numberse0
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32 taxae0
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15 of these have been counted for the first timee0

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“The chromosome numbers of 32 taxa in the ‘Gaultheria group’ of genera of the tribe Andromedeae in the Ericaceae have been counted; 15 of these have been counted for the first time.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Gaultheria and Leucothoë chromosome numbers are based on x = 11.

Taxon
Gaultheria and Leucothoëe0
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chromosome numbere0
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x = 11e0

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“All taxa counted in Gaultheria and Leucothoë have a chromosome number based on x = 11.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Diplycosia has a counted chromosome number of 2n = 36.

Taxon
DiplycosiaGaultheriae0
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chromosome numberse0
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2n = 36e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gaultheria
Gaultheria · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Wing-Chi Poon · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The chromosome numbers counted in Diplycosia are 2n = 36 and in Zenobia 2n = c.66.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Zenobia has a counted chromosome number of 2n = c.66.

Taxon
ZenobiaZenobiae0
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chromosome numberse0
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2n = c.66e0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Zenobia
Zenobia · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)A. Barra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The chromosome numbers counted in Diplycosia are 2n = 36 and in Zenobia 2n = c.66.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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G. insana has tetraploid and hexaploid races.

Taxon
G. insanaGaultheria insanae0
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tetraploids and hexaploidse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gaultheria insana
Gaultheria insana · TaxonDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“G. insana and G. procumbens show different polyploid races: G. insana tetraploids and hexaploids and G. procumbens diploids, tetraploids and octoploids.”

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G. procumbens has diploid, tetraploid and octoploid races.

Taxon
G. procumbensGaultheria procumbense0
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diploids, tetraploids and octoploidse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria procumbens · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryKristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“G. insana and G. procumbens show different polyploid races: G. insana tetraploids and hexaploids and G. procumbens diploids, tetraploids and octoploids.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 351–503 · show in text ↑