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Chromosome studies on African plants. 11. The tribe Andropogoneae (Poaceae: Panicoideae)

J. J. Spies, T. H. Troskie, E. van der Vyver, S. M. C van Wyk
Bothalia | Vol 24, No 2 | a778 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v24i2.778 | © 1994 J. J. Spies, T. H. Troskie, E. van der Vyver, S. M. C van Wyk | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 10 October 1994 | Published: 10 October 1994

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J. J. Spies, Department of Botanv and Genetics, University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
T. H. Troskie, Department of Botanv and Genetics, University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
E. van der Vyver, Department of Botanv and Genetics, University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
S. M. C van Wyk, Department of Botanv and Genetics, University of the Orange Free State, South Africa

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Abstract

Representative specimens of various species of the genera  Andropogon L.,  Cymbopogon Spreng.,  Elionurus Kunth ex Willd.,  Hyparrhenia Foum. and  Hyperthelia Clayton were cytogenetically studied. All specimens had a secondary basic chromosome number of ten. Polyploidy, either as alloploidy or segmental alloploidy. was frequent. The taxa studied represent mature polyploid complexes.

 


Keywords

<i>Andropogon</i>; chromosome numbers, <i>Cymbopogon</i>; cytogenetics; <i>Hyparrhenia</i>. meiosis. polyploidy

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