Meiotic Studies in Some Species of Tribe Cichorieae (Asteraceae) from Western Himalayas

Table 2

Morphological comparison of different cytotypes of tribe Cichorieae from Western Himalayas.

Taxon/voucher data	Chromosome number ()	Leaf size (mean ± SD)	Shape of leaf	Flower colour	Average number of capitula/plant	Stomatal size (µm) (mean ± SD)	Pollen size (µm) (mean ± SD)	Stomatal index (%)
Hieracium umbellatum
P1—52763	10	4.0 ± 0.2 × 1.0 ± 0.3	Entire	Yellow	17	23.21 ± 0.4 × 31.54 ± 2.4	16.75 ± 0.7 × 20.1 ± 1.2	33.33
P2—52774	54	7.0 ± 1.2 × 1.5 ± 0.5	Serrate-toothed	Yellow	22	29.80 ± 2.1 × 34.26 ± 1.7	15.0 ± 0.56 × 20.0 ± 0.9	23.07
Taraxacum officinale
P1—52687	16	20.0 ± 0.6 × 1.9 ± 0.9		Yellow	3	17.6 ± 0.4 × 14.5 ± 0.9	18.75 ± 0.4 × 20.62 ± 0.8	28.57
P2—52693	32	5.9 ± 1.2 × 2.6 ± 0.6		Yellow	4	18.75 ± 0.3 × 20.1 ± 0.4	18.98 ± 1.4 × 19.75 ± 1.6	23.07
P3—57491	24	6.9 ± 0.6 × 1.9 ± 0.7		Purple	6	18.30 ± 1.3 × 18.98 ± 2.8	18.75 ± 2.4 × 23.0 ± 2.5	30.0
Tragopogon dubius
P1—57503	14	15 ± 0.5 × 0.6 ± 0.3	Linear	Yellow	23	22.19 ± 0.5 × 27.54 ± 0.7	23.0 ± 1.3 × 12.0 ± 0.8	28.5
P2—57505	28	15 ± 0.5 × 0.9 ± 0.3	Linear lanceolate	Yellow	17	18.36 ± 1.2 × 15.25 ± 0.8	22.75 ± 0.7 × 20.11 ± 1.4	16.66

SD: standard deviation.