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Chromosome numbers in some Indian medicinal plants

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The present paper deals with the meiotic chromosome numbers of 12 taxa and their ploidy. The seven new genera investigated arePseudarthria viscida n=11,Uraria hamosa n=11,Calycopteris floribunda n=24,Adenostemma lavenia n=10,Synedrella nodiflora n=19,Ichnocarpus frutescens n=10,Wrightia tinctoria n=10. The five species studied areClematis gouriana n=8,Hibiscus furcatus n=64,Spilanthes acmella n=26,Cordia wallichii n=21. The chromosome numbers are recorded for the first time.

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    C. Gajapathy

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Communicated by Dr. K. Subramanyam,f.a.sc.

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Gajapathy, C. Chromosome numbers in some Indian medicinal plants. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 55, 71–75 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051867

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