Karyological study of genus Bassia All. in Bulgaria

The karyotype morphology of four species of Bassia All. – B. hirsuta (L.) Asch., B. laniflora (S. G. Gmel) A. J. Scott., B. prostrata (L.) Beck, B. scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott is reported for the first time from Bulgarian populations. The karyograms and the idiograms of all studied populations were illustrated. The somatic chromosome numbers for all species were the same (2n = 18). The karyotypes for all of the investigated populations consist of metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes and in the two of the studied populations of B. hirsuta were established chromosomes with satellites.