J Syst Evol ›› 2001, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 523-525.

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Correction: chromosome number of Ranunculus ternatus Thunb. from Jiujiang New Park, Jiangxi

WANG Yong, WANG Qing-Feng, GUO You-Hao, Gituru W. Robert   

  • Published:2001-11-10

Abstract: This paper corrects the chromosome number of Ranunculus ternatus from Jiujiang New Park, Jiangxi, reported by Liao et al. in 1991. The chromosome number of this species is found to be 2n = 16, very stable within the population. The previous report of the tetraploid number of 2n =32 represents a miscount, which may be caused by overlapping of two metaphase cells.

Key words: Ranunculus ternatus, Chromosome number