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24 chromosome counts in Crocus sativus L.:

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		Name	Accepted Name	Gametophytic(n)	Sporophytic(2n)	Data Source	reference
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		28	CHROBASE	POGLIANI M., DEL GROSSO F. - 1972. Studio cariologico di "Crocus sativus" L.. Inform. Bot. Ital. , 4(1): 25-29.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	CHROBASE	BRANDIZZI F., GRILLI CAIOLA M. - 1997 (1996). Quantitative DNA analysis in different Crocus species (Iridaceae) by means of flow cytometry.. Giorn. Bot. Ital. , 130(2): 643-645.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		22	CHROBASE	POGLIANI M., DEL GROSSO F. - 1972. Studio cariologico di "Crocus sativus" L.. Inform. Bot. Ital. , 4(1): 25-29.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		20	CHROBASE	POGLIANI M., DEL GROSSO F. - 1972. Studio cariologico di "Crocus sativus" L.. Inform. Bot. Ital. , 4(1): 25-29.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Pandita, T. K. & P. N. MEHRA. 1982a. Karyotype analysis of some taxa of Iridaceae. Nucleus 25: 18–22.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Mao, J. q. & X. j. Xue. 1986. Chromosome numbers of thirteen iridaceous species from Zhejiang Province. Acta Agric. Univ. Zhejiang. 12: 99–101.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Chichiricco, G. 1984. Karyotype and meiotic behavior of the triploid Crocus sativus L. Caryologia 37: 233–239.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Brighton, C. A. 1982. In D.M. Moore, Flora Europaea Check-list and Chromosome Index. Cambridge Univ. Press. P. 311.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Chen, K. y. & K. Kondo. 1990. Chromosome identification in triploid saffron by C-banding. CIS Chromosome Inform. Serv. 48: 25–27.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		16, 24	IPCN online	Ebrahimzadeh, H., A. Saboora, M. R. Noori-Daloii & S. M. Ghaffari. 1998. Chromosomal studies on four Iranian Crocus species (Iridaceae). Iran. J. Bot. 7(2): 179–192.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Mehra, P. N. & T. K. Pandita. 1979. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXIV. Taxon 28: 405.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Pandita, T. K. 1979. Cytological investigations of some monocots of Kashmir. Ph.D. Thesis, Chandigarh 1979.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	IPCN online	Estilai, A. 1978. Variability in saffron (Crocus sativus L.). Experientia (Basel) 15: 725.
		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		20, 22, 28	IPCN72	POGLIANI, M., & F. DEL GROSSO. 1972. Studio cariologico di Crocus sativus L. Informatore Bot. Ital. 4: 25-29.
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		16	IPCN67-71	SCHOTSMAN, H. D. 1967. Les Callitriches. Especes de France et taxa nouveau d'Europe. Flore de France, Vol. 1: 1-152.
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		14	Kumar, 1987	Mather, K. 1932
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		14, 16	Kumar, 1987	Brighton, C.A. et al. 1973
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		16	Kumar, 1987	Schotsman, H.D. 1967
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		16, 40	Kumar, 1987	Karasawa, K. 1940
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	Kumar, 1987	Himmelbaur, W. 1926; Morinaga, T. & Fukushima, E. 193la ; Sugiura, T. 1931 ; Karasawa, K. 1933, 1943 ; Gates, R.R. & Pathak, G.N. 1938; Pathak, G.N. 1940b; Mehra, P.N. & Pandita, T.K. 1979
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		40	Kumar, 1987	Karasawa, K. 1942
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		16, 40	Darlington, 1955	Karasawa cult
!		Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		24	C-values database	Brandizzi F, Grilli Caiola M. 1996. Quantitative DNA analysis in different Crocus species (Iridaceae) by means of flow cytometry. Giornale Botanico Italiano 130: 643-645.