{# load django_bootstrap5#%} CCDB server
Prof. Itay Mayrose Lab - Plant Evolution, bioinformatics, & comparative genomics


   CCDB is a community resource. If you are aware of any missing data or if any of the counts are erroneous please submit it to the forms submit new counts, or report erroneous counts.


CCDBAngiospermsAsparagaceaeAsparagusAsparagus africanus Lam.

5 chromosome counts in Asparagus africanus Lam.:


Name Accepted Name Gametophytic(n) Sporophytic(2n) Data Source reference
  Asparagus africanus Lam. Asparagus africanus Lam.   20 IPCN online Renard, R., J. Lambinon, M. Reekmans, P. v. Veken & M. Govaert. 1983. Nombres chromosomiques de quelques Angiospermes du Rwanda, du Burundi et du Kenya. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 53: 342–371.
  Asparagus cooperi Baker Asparagus africanus Lam.   40 IPCN online Kar, D. K. 1985. Cytology, phytochemistry and tissue-culture of Asparagus -- a sapogenin source. Proc. Indian Sci. Congr. Assoc. 72: 229.
  Asparagus cooperi Baker Asparagus africanus Lam.   40 IPCN online Kar, D. K. 1987. Chromosomal changes in speciation of Asparagus. Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. 29: 31–34.
  Asparagus cooperi Baker Asparagus africanus Lam.   40 IPCN online Kar, D. K. & S. SEN. 1985. Chromosome characteristics of Asparagus -- sapogenin yielding plant. Cytologia 50: 147–155.
  Asparagus cooperi Baker Asparagus africanus Lam.   40 IPCN online Kar, D. K. & S. SEN. 1984. A correlation between sapogenin content and ploidy level in the genus Asparagus. Cell Chromosome Res. 7: 10–15.