Chromosome numbers of Carex.

Olga Rotreklová 1 , Petr Bureš 1 , Radomír Řepka 2 , Vít Grulich 1 , Petr Šmarda 1 , Ivana Hralová 1 , František Zedek 1 & Tomáš Koutecký 2

Affiliations

  1. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno, CZ-61137, Czech Republic
  2. Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University Brno, Zemědělská 3, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Chromosome numbers were determined for 97 samples of 95 sedge taxa (Carex) from the following countries: Austria (6 records), Bulgaria (1), the Canary Islands (Spain, 1), Cape Verde (1), the Czech Republic (51), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Norway (8), Russia (15), Slovakia (1), Sweden (1) and 9 North American plants cultivated in Czech botanical gardens. Chromosome numbers for Carex argunensis, C. callitrichos, C. campylorhina, C. flavocuspis subsp. krascheninnikovii, C. paniculata subsp. hansenii, C. pallida, C. quadriflora and C. xiphium are reported here for the first time. The first reports are presented for the European portion of the distribution area of Carex obtusata and for the Central European portion of the distributional areas of C. chordorrhiza, C. otrubae, C. rhizina and C. strigosa. New counts for the Czech Republic fill the gaps in the karyological data for this genus in relation to the Flora project in the Czech Republic.

Keywords

agmatoploidy, holocentric chromosome, holokinetic chromosome, karyology, polyploidy, symploidy, sedge

How to cite

Rotreklová O., Bureš P., Řepka R., Grulich V., Šmarda P., Hralová I., Zedek F. & Koutecký T. (2011) Chromosome numbers of Carex. – Preslia 83: 25–58