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H: Saturday, November 12, 2011

Rhododendron tolmachevii is a Tetraploid

Rhododendron tolmachevii has been determined to be a tetraploid using flow cytometry by

Dr. João Loureiro, Dr. Silvia Castro, and Mariana Castro
Plant Ecology and Evolution Group,
Centre for Functional Ecology,
Department of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Technology,
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Summary of Ploidy Levels

Diploid Rhododendron columbianum,
Diploid Rhododendron subarticum,
Diploid Rhododendron subulatum China,
Tetraploid Rhododendron diversipilosum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron diversipilosum 'Milky Way',
Tetraploid Rhododendron groenlandicum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron groenlandicum Saco Bog, Maine,
Tetraploid Rhododendron hypoleucum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron neoglandulosum,
Tetraploid Rhododendron tolmachevii,
Tetraploid Rhododendron tomentosum Turku Archipelago

Source: Kristian Theqvist
Source: John and Sally Perkins

John and Sally Perkins
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