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The chromosome number of Heliconia (Musaceae)
Author(s) -
Andersson Lennart
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1984.tb01486.x
Subject(s) - biology , karyotype , botany , chromosome , genus , musaceae , genetics , gene
The chromosome number 2n = 24 was determined in 31 taxa of Heliconia , representing nearly the entire morphological spectrum of the genus. The karyotype is a graded series of rather small chromosomes ranging between 0.7 and 1.7 urn. One pair has satellites. It is concluded that morphological chromosome differentiation played no great part in the diversification of the genus.