Chromosome number of Orthophytum species (Bromeliaceae) |
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Authors: | Rafael Batista Louzada Clarisse Palma-Silva Andrea Macêdo Corrêa Eliane Kaltchuk-Santos Maria das Graças Lapa Wanderley |
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Affiliation: | 1.Instituto de Botanica,S?o Paulo-SP,Brazil;2.Departamento de Genética,IB/UFRGS,Porto Alegre-RS,Brazil |
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Abstract: | The genus Orthophytum Beer comprises 53 species, all narrow endemics to south-eastern and north-eastern Brazil. In this study we present meiotic and mitotic chromosome numbers of 12 species of this important genus in Bromeliaceae. For six of these taxa we are reporting the first cytogenetic study. Orthophytum albopictum, O. amoenum and O. burle-marxii presented 2n = 100 chromosomes and O. hatschbachii, O. mucugense, O. vagans, O. supthutii, O. zanonii and O. ophiuroides showed 2n = 50 chromosomes. These results are consistent with the proposed basic number of x = 25 for Bromeliaceae family. In the genus Orthophytum, polyploidy seems to play an important role in chromosome evolution associated with habitat differentiation among diploid and polyploid species. |
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