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Volume 53, Issue 2
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Chromosome Numbers and Polyploidy in Polish Angiosperms

Paulina Gacek
  • Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland
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 / Grzegorz Góralski
  • Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland
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 / Andrzej Joachimiak
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Published Online: 2012-02-10 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10182-011-0022-3

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Chromosome Numbers and Polyploidy in Polish Angiosperms

Our survey of data collected in the Chromosome Number Database for Polish angiosperms indicated that the 1,498 species with chromosome counts represent 40% of the total angiosperms (3,719) occurring in Poland, including 1,205 native species (53% of native species) and 194 anthropophytes (56% of anthropophytes). The chromosome numbers are known for all native species occurring in Poland within 298 genera and 46 families, and for all anthropophytes from 79 genera and 11 families. The remaining angiosperm groups are less explored: chromosome counts from Poland are known for 9% of cultivated species and 5% of ephemerophytes. According to generic basic chromosome numbers, 46.44% of Polish angiosperms have been classified as polyploid. By three different threshold methods, the contribution of polyploid plants to the Polish flora is 64.64%, 50.89% or 42.89%. Polyploidy is more common among indigenous than non-indigenous plants, and the ploidy distribution among plants from the Polish Tatras does not differ significantly from that observed in the rest of native Polish plants.

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Keywords: Chromosome numbers; Polish flora; polyploidy; threshold method; mountain plants

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Published Online: 2012-02-10

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Citation Information: Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica, Volume 53, Issue 2, Pages 37–49, ISSN (Online) 1898-0295, ISSN (Print) 0001-5296, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10182-011-0022-3.

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