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		Name	Accepted Name	Gametophytic(n)	Sporophytic(2n)	Data Source	reference
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Slovakia Database	Májovský J. et al., 1978: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora (Part 6). - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 26: 1-42.
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	flora of NW Europe	http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=4709
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Khuong, N. T. & I. Schubert. 1986. Differential staining of mitotic chromosomes from inbred lines and hybrids of Zea mays L. Kulturpflanze 34: 195–205.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	10		IPCN online	MAGUIRE, M. P. 1982. Evidence for a role of the synaptonemal complex in provision for normal chromosome disjunction at meiosis II in Maize. Chromosoma 84: 675–686.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Sapre, A. B. & S. S. Barve. 1983a. Somatic chromosomes from intercalary meristems of grasses. Cytologia 48: 539–541.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Chen, R. y., Z. p. An, W. q. Song, X. l. Li, J. y. Su & J. y. Zheng. 1987. A study of the high-resolution G-banding technique of plant chromosomes. Acta Bot. Sin. 29: 341–346.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 20+1-3B	IPCN online	Sarma, J. S. P. & A. K. Sharma. 1986. Karyomorphology of different strains of Maydeae. Cytologia 51: 527–547.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z., G. Dong, H. H. Zhang & Y. Lu. 1985. Fluorescence banding in several species of plants. Acta Bot. Sin. 27: 460–464.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Sarma, J. S. P. & A. K. Sharma. 1984. Amount of DNA in different strains of maize and its importance in selection. Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad., B 50: 107–112.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhan, T. s., L. m. Shi & T. c. Hsu. 1987. Induction of G-bands in root tip chromosomes of maize. Acta Bot. Sin. 29: 465–468.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Khuong, N. T. & I. Schubert. 1985. Silver staining of nucleolus organizing regions in Zea mays. Caryologia 38: 331–334.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	10	20, 20+2B	IPCN online	Aguiar Perecin, M. L. R. d. 1985. C-Banding in maize. I. Band patterns. Caryologia 38: 23–30.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Joshi, C. P. & P. K. Ranjekar. 1982. Visualization and distribution of heterochromatin in interphase nuclei of several plant species as revealed by a new Giemsa banding technique. Cytologia 47: 471–480.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Heslop-Harrison, J. S., J. B. Smith & M. D. Bennett. 1988. The absence of the somatic association of centromeres of homologous chromosomes in grass mitotic metaphases. Chromosoma 96: 119–131.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Chen, R. y. 1988. G-Band staining of chromosomes in some higher plants with special reference to Lilium davidii. Kromosomo 50: 1635–1651.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 40	IPCN online	Laurie, D. A. & M. D. Bennett. 1989. Genetic variation in Sorghum for the inhibition of maize pollen tube growth. Ann. Bot. (London) 64: 675–681.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Ahsan, S. M. N., A. A. Vahidy & S. I. Ali. 1994. Chromosome numbers and incidence of polyploidy in Panicoideae (Poaceae) from Pakistan. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81(4): 775–783.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Inagaki, M. & A. Mujeeb-Kazi. 1995. Comparison of polyhaploid production frequencies in crosses of hexaploid wheat with maize, pearl millet and sorghum. Breed. Sci. 45: 157–161.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Carvalho, C. R. & L. S. Saraiva. 1997. High-resolution HKG-banding in maize mitotic chromosomes. J. Pl. Res. 110: 417–420.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, C. s. 1998. A preliminary study on making plant chromosomal specimens using peppermint oil compound as pretreatment agent. J. Wuhan Bot. Res. 16(3): 280–282.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	10	20	IPCN online	MOGFORD, D. J. 1981a. The frequency distribution of B-chromosomes in a South African cultivar of the sweet corn'Golden Bantam'. J. S. African Bot. 47: 765–768.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Palmer, R. G. 1971. Cytological studies of amelotic and normal maize with reference to premeioitc pairing. Chromosoma 35: 233–246.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+0-6B	IPCN online	Sarr, A. & R. Gorenflot. 1979. La variation chromosomique et phenotypique au sein de populations de Mais du Senegal. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 2: 183–197.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Sharma, Y. P. & K. Agarwal. 1980. Cytomorphological studies on p-dichlorobenzene treated maize. Sci. & Cult. 46: 153–155.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Chokairi, M. & R. Gorenflot. 1979. Etude caryologique de population du Zea mays en relation avec leur resistance a la secheresse et a la salinite. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 2: 365–375.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Filion, W. G. & D. B. Walden. 1973. Karyotype analysis: The detection of chromosomal alterations in the somatic karyotype of Zea mays L. Chromosoma 41: 183–194.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	MAGUIRE, M. P. 1974. Chemically induced abnormal chromosome behaviour at meiosis in Maize. Chromosoma 48: 213–223.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.	10	20	IPCN online	Pokhmelnykh. 2003. Heterochromatic regions of maize A- and B-chromosomes. Genetika 39: 1228–1236.
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		38, 39, 54	IPCN online	Sokolov, A. V., B. Kindiger & I. V. Khatypova. 1998. Investigation of apomictic maize---Tripsacum hybrids. Genetika 34(4): 492–498.
		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Poggio, L., M. Rosato, A. M. Chiavarino & C. A. Naranjo. 1998. Genome size and environmental correlations in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays, Poaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 82(Suppl. A): 107–115.
		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Dewald, C. L. & B. K. Kindiger. 1998. Cytological and molecular evaluation of the reproductive behavior of Tripsacum andersonii and a female fertile derivative (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 85(9): 1237–1242.
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Molina, M. d. C. & M. D. Garcia. 1998. Analysis of genetic variability in long-term callus cultures and regenerated plants of maize. Cytologia 63: 183–190.
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.	10II	20, 40	IPCN online	Molina, M. d. C. & M. D. García. 1999. Influence of ploidy levels on phenotypic and cytogenetic traits in maize and Zea perennis hybrids. Cytologia 64: 101–109.
		Zea mays subsp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
		Zea mays subsp. tunicata Sturtev.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
		Zea mays subsp. semidentata Kuleshov	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
		Zea mays subsp. indurata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
		Zea mays subsp. indentata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
		Zea mays subsp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
!		Zea mays subsp. ceratina (Kuleshov) Zhuk.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
!		Zea mays subsp. saccharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN online	Zhang, Z. p. & M. x. Li. 1990. Comparative studies on karyotypes and Giemsa C-banding patterns of eight subspecies (type) in maize. Acta Genet. Sin. 17: 86–93.
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 21, 22; &+1B	IPCN67-71	WEBER, D.F. 1969. A test of distributive pairing in Zea mays. Chromosoma 27: 354-370.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN67-71	DAS, L.D.V. 1970. Chromosome associations in diploid and autotetraploid Zea mays L. Cytologia 35: 259-261.
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	IPCN75-78	Vachova 1978
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Kumar, 1987	Kuwada, Y. 1911, 1919, 1925 ; Longley, A.E. 1924a ; Fisk, E.L. 1925, 1927; Koshuchow, Z.A. (Fedorov) ; Stadler, L.J. 1931 ; Hunter, A.W.S. 1934; Avdulov, N.P. (Fedorov) ; Grossman, A.M. (Fedorov) ; Maogelsdorf, P.C. & Reeves, R.G. 1939; Delay, C. 1947; Tanaka, R. 1961 ; Limade-Faria, A. & Sarvella, P. 1962 ; Mehra, P.N. et al. 1968 ; Gillies, C.B. 1973 ; Maguire, M.P. 1976 ; Sarkar, K.R. et al. 1977
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 20+3B	Kumar, 1987	Ward, J.E. 1980
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+1-7B	Kumar, 1987	Longley, A.E. 1927; Randolph, L.F. 1928 ; Darlington, C.D. & Upcott, M.B. 1941 ; Ono, T. & Suzuki, H. 1956; Kayano, H. (Fedorov)
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+2-12B	Kumar, 1987	Avdulov, N.P. (Fedorov) culture) Bolzan, R. 1978
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 21, 22, +1B , 20, 21, 22, 24	Kumar, 1987	Kuwada, Y. 1915
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 40	Kumar, 1987	Das, L.D.V. 1970; Newell, C.A. & do Wet, J.M.J. 1973
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		22	Kumar, 1987	Rakha, F.A. & Mousa, M. 1975a, b
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		27-42	Kumar, 1987	Raicu, P. & Chirila, R. 1971
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		1-2B	Kumar, 1987	Suresh, M.R. et al. 1972
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		52	Kumar, 1987	Janaki Ammal, E.K. 1941
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		20, 22	Kumar, 1987	Stalker, H.T. et al. 1977
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		38, 46, 56, 82	Kumar, 1987	Newell, C.A. & de Wet, J.M.J. 1973
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		20-22, 38, 48, 58	Kumar, 1987	Petrov, D.F. et al. 1979
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20,40,80	eFlora
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Kuwada Y. 1911, 1919, 1925
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Longley 1924c
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Fisk 1925, 1927
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Romyxon 1928, 1933
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Stadler 1931
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Hunter 1934
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	AB).IyJIOB 19376
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Mangelsdorf, Reeves 1939
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Delay 1947
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Tanaka 1961
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Fedorov, 1974	Lima-de-Faria, Sarvella 1962
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+1-7B	Fedorov, 1974	Longley 1927c
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+1-7B	Fedorov, 1974	Randolph 1928
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+1-7B	Fedorov, 1974	Darlington, Upcott 1941
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+1-7B	Fedorov, 1974	Ono T., Suzuki 1956
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+1-7B	Fedorov, 1974	Kayano 1962a
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20+2-12B	Fedorov, 1974	An).)yJioB 1933a
		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20, 21, 22, 24	Fedorov, 1974	Kuwada Y. 1915
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Darlington, 1955	GFoOV Mexico, cult
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		(10, 40, 80)	Darlington, 1955
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		(30)	Darlington, 1955
!		Zea mays subsp. mays	Zea mays L.		20	C-values database	Bennett MD, Smith JB. 1991. Nuclear DNA amounts in angiosperms. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 334: 309-345.
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		10	Cave1959	Mazoti & Muhl. 1959
!		Zea mays L.	Zea mays L.		20	Cave1963	Lima-de -Faria & Sarv. 1962