Research Article

Heavy Metal Pollution, Selection, and Genome Size: The Species of the Žerjav Study Revisited with Flow Cytometry

Table 2

Chromosome numbers, ploidy levels, and mean C-values (Gbp and pg) from Vidic et al. [15] compared to the mean C- and Cx-values of the present study, and the locality code. Species are listed in alphabetical order.

Vidic et al. [15]Present study
Taxon mean valuesAccession data
Taxon2n Ploidy2C (Gbp)1C (pg)1C (pg)S.D. (pg)1Cx (pg)Locality Code1C (pg)S.D. (pg)

Anemone nemorosa L.304x 10.805.5219.4790.3599.7404819.0730.2675
1619.6100.6925
4619.7550.0585
Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop.324x 1.340.690.4540.227130.4540.0025
Aremonia agrimonoides (L.) DC.355x 2.431.24
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald182x 0.420.210.1740.0020.174270.1730.0013
530.1760.0013
Asarum europaeum L.262x 12.376.326.6460.1386.646466.5540.0193
536.5790.0163
96.8050.0323
Aster bellidiastrum (L.) 182x 3.121.601.5171.51751.5170.0083
Astragalus glycyphyllos L.162x 1.630.830.7510.751260.7510.0023
Betonica alopecuros L.162x 4.432.262.4212.421372.4210.0513
Biscutella laevigata 364x 3.621.851.8280.914351.8280.0043
Buphthalmum salicifolium L.202x 4.722.412.4902.490192.4900.0013
Campanula cespitosa Scop.342x 2.641.351.0930.0091.09361.0830.0063
361.0860.0053
221.0940.0033
201.1000.0013
201.1030.0013
Campanula rotundifolia L.342x 2.621.341.0961.09671.0960.0053
Campanula thyrsoides L.342x 5.252.682.3652.365372.3650.0053
Carlina acaulis L.202x 10.275.255.0945.094145.0940.0233
Centaurea fritschii Hayek202x 3.531.80 1.681191.6810.0153
Cirsium erisithales (Jacq.) Scop.342x 2.381.221.0561.056301.0560.0113
Cruciata glabra (L.) Ehrend.222x 1.450.740.6810.68120.6810.0033
Cyclamen purpurascens Mill.342x 6.033.083.3030.0023.30393.3020.0043
533.3050.0103
Digitalis grandiflora Mill.562x 2.551.301.1501.150261.1500.0055
Erysimum sylvestre Scop.142x 0.550.28
Eupatorium cannabinum L.202x 4.832.472.5770.0332.577502.5540.0043
112.6010.0053
Euphorbia amygdaloides L.202x 5.382.753.5083.508363.5080.0063
Euphorbia cyparissias L.404x 2.171.11
Fragaria vesca L.142x 0.310.160.2460.0060.24690.2430.0023
270.2541
Galium anisophyllon agg. austriacum 222x 1.000.51
Galium mollugo 444x 3.691.891.8850.942491.8850.0133
Galium verum L.444x 3.801.941.8870.0470.94341.7750.0013
31.8510.0023
241.8690.0043
191.8890.0043
111.8940.0063
181.8940.0063
321.9140.0043
11.9220.0073
491.9290.0043
471.9320.0123
Galium x pomeranicum444x 3.661.871.8880.0070.94431.8820.0023
321.8850.0103
181.8950.0093
Gentiana asclepiadea L.444x 6.453.303.1400.0231.570533.1240.0033
393.1560.0083
Gentianella ciliata (L.) Borkh.444x 20.0710.269.0044.502429.0040.0143
Helleborus niger L.324x 29.8715.2714.7280.1857.364514.5520.0543
2314.6830.0873
914.6860.1683
1514.9900.0453
Hepatica nobilis Schreber142x 34.4517.6116.70916.7091216.7090.1573
Hieracium murorum L.273x 9.024.615.7063.804375.7060.0453
Hippocrepis comosa L.284x 3.731.91
Hypericum perforatum L.324x 1.590.810.7830.0650.392190.7370.0043
460.8290.0023
Knautia drymeia Heuff.404x 6.383.26 3.516
Laserpitium peucedanoides L.222x 3.031.55
Lathyrus pratensis L. 2x 8.894.545.9512.975445.9510.0103
Leontodon hispidus L.142x 4.462.282.1880.0572.188332.1230.0263
332.2120.0023
132.2300.0243
Leontodon incanus (L.) Schrank82x 2.391.220.9560.956360.9560.0013
Lotus corniculatus L.244x 2.481.271.2350.618131.2350.0033
Medicago lupulina L.162x 1.350.690.6490.649130.6490.0033
Minuartia gerardii (Willd.)242x 1.981.011.0921.092211.0920.0043
Origanum vulgare L.302x 1.790.920.7180.718120.7180.0043
Orobanche alba Steph. ex Willd.382x 6.033.08 2.979
Petrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link 4x 2.201.120.6480.64830.6480.0013
Phyteuma orbiculare L.222x 2.261.161.1360.0241.13651.1190.0013
291.1530.0073
Pimpinella saxifraga L.202x 8.334.263.8233.823283.8230.0153
Plantago major L.122x 1.390.710.7120.0020.712530.7100.0003
110.7130.0033
Plantago media L.244x 5.112.612.7820.0841.391122.7270.0063
312.7410.0063
502.8780.0063
Polygala amara ssp. brachyptera 342x 1.050.540.4220.42240.4220.0023
Potentilla erecta (L.) Räuschel284x 0.890.46
Primula vulgaris Huds.222x 1.140.580.4700.0060.47080.4630.0013
530.4710.0023
460.4750.0093
Prunella vulgaris L.282x 1.270.650.6500.0160.650510.6390.0035
110.6610.0023
Ranunculus nemorosus DC.162x 9.865.046.1476.147416.1470.0143
Salvia glutinosa L.162x 2.311.181.0710.0231.071531.0550.0013
251.0870.0065
Scabiosa columbaria L.162x 2.121.08 1.072
Silene alpestris Jacq.242x 2.641.352.2100.0032.210372.2080.0045
362.2120.0093
Silene dioica (L.) Clairv.242x 5.402.762.7340.0032.734342.7320.0123
402.7360.0073
Silene nutans L.242x 4.962.542.3850.0052.385172.3810.0043
122.3880.0033
Silene pusilla Waldst. & Kit. s. lat.242x 2.821.441.3241.324371.3240.0023
Solidago virgaurea L.182x 1.770.901.1341.134381.1340.0053
Symphytum tuberosum L.648x5.732.932.7450.686432.7450.0143
Taraxacum officinale Weber in Wiggers162x 2.501.281.2541.254451.2540.0043
Thlaspi praecox Wulf.142x 0.660.340.2620.0240.262460.2450.0013
480.2790.0023
Tussilago farfara L.602x 3.781.931.7360.0481.736121.7020.0053
121.7700.0043
Verbascum austriacum Schott ex Roem & 262x 0.870.440.3570.35730.3570.0035
Veronica officinalis L.364x 2.311.180.9010.451300.9010.0063
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Med.222x 0.710.360.3110.0060.311120.3070.0033
520.3160.0013
Viola hirta L. 2x 1.700.871.5110.755101.5110.0693

= number of runs
bellidiastrum = Bellidiastrum michelii Cass.
C. König.
fritschii substituted by Centaurea scabiosa L. ssp. scabiosa
Galium mollugo is now G. album Mill.
drymeia: The ploidy level of Vidic et al. [15] should be reinvestigated. The present value is from Temsch and Greilhuber [20]
present samples of Lathyrus pratensis ( ) and Viola hirta ( ) are tetraploid
-Schneeweiss et al. [19]
present sample of Petrorhagia saxifraga is diploid ( )
present value is from Temsch and Greilhuber [20]
austriacum = Verbascum chaixii Vill. subsp. austriacum (Roem. & Schult.) Hayek