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(American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:1788-1800.)
© 2003 Botanical Society of America, Inc.

Systematics

Chromosome studies of cheilanthoid ferns (Pteridaceae: Cheilanthoideae) from the western United States and Mexico1

Michael D. Windham2,4 and George Yatskievych3

2University of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History, 1390 E. President's Circle, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 USA; 3Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri 63166 USA

Although analyses of chromosome numbers represent a fundamental step in the study of any group of organisms, the xeric-adapted cheilanthoid ferns (Pteridaceae: subfamily Cheilanthoideae) have received little attention from cytogeneticists due to the difficulty in obtaining samples and accurate chromosome counts. In an effort to clarify patterns of chromosomal evolution in this group, we present 131 chromosome counts representing 75 taxa of cheilanthoid ferns from the western United States and Mexico. First reports are provided for 24 taxa, including the first count for the genus Cheiloplecton. Nine other taxa yielded numbers that had not been reported previously. Our data suggest that chromosome base numbers are more stable than previously thought and that much of the reported variation may involve erroneous counts. When coupled with published DNA sequence data, our counts suggest that the plesiomorphic base number of subfamily Cheilanthoideae is x = 30 and that x = 29 has arisen just once or twice among the taxa studied.

Key Words: Argyrochosma • Cheilanthes • Cheilanthoideae • Cheiloplecton • chromosomes • cytotaxonomy • Mexico • Notholaena • Pteridaceae • western United States






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