Cytology of Encephalartos hildebrandtii A. Br. & bouche

Abraham, A. ; Mathew, P. M. (1966) Cytology of Encephalartos hildebrandtii A. Br. & bouche Annals of Botany, 30 (2). pp. 239-241. ISSN 0305-7364

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Abstract

The chromosomes of Encephalartos hildebrandtii A. Br. & Bouche were studied from root tip cells (2n-27), and the plant was found to be a triploid on the basic chromosome number 9. Karyotype analysis has shown that the somatic complement consists of two sets of chromosomes, a diploid set of 18 chromosomes in nine paris, and a haploid set of 9, and therefore it is suggested that this is an allotriploid. This is the first report of a polyploid species in the genus Encephalartos, and also in the whole of the Cycadales.

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