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THE Heleocharis (Eleocharis) palustris-uniglumis complex shows a considerable variation in chromosome number, the following figures being recorded in the literature: 2n = 10, 16, 32, 36, 38, 46, c. 69, 921. The taxonomical implications of this variation is under discussion2–4, but no definite conclusions have been reached. It was felt that more information about the chromosome variation was needed before definite conclusions as to the taxonomical status of the different chromosome types could be drawn.
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SAUNTE, L. Chromosome Variation in the Heleocharis palustris-uniglumis Complex. Nature 181, 1019–1020 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811019a0
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