Cytogenetics and cytotaxonomy of some Brazilian species of Cymbidioid orchids

The Cymbidioid phylad presents the widest chromosome number variation among orchids, with records varying from 2n = 10 in Psygmorchis pusilla to 2n = 168 in two species of Oncidium. In the present work, a total of 44 species were studied belonging to 20 Cymbidioid genera, as a contribution to clarif...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Pessoa Félix, Marcelo Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000400041