New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand pteridophytes
MURRAY I. DAWSON
Landcare Research
P.O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand
PATRICK J. BROWNSEY
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
P.O. Box 467
Wellington, New Zealand
JOHN D. LOVIS
Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract An index of chromosome numbers for New Zealand
pteridophytes is presented. The list includes all known chromosome counts, from
published sources and unpublished reports and theses, of ferns and fern allies
indigenous to the New Zealand Botanical Region. Full references to the original
reports are provided. Chromosome numbers are listed for 137 species of ferns
and 7 fern allies out of a total New Zealand pteridophyte flora of 188
described species. This represents about 77% of the total. Only about 2% of New
Zealand pteridophytes are believed to be apomictic.
Keywords chromosome numbers; Pteridophyta; ferns; fern
allies; New Zealand Botanical Region; cytology; index
B98013
Received 5 March 1998; accepted 11 November 1999
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