Genome Size Study in the Valerianaceae: First Results and New Hypotheses

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(a)–(v). Somatic metaphases. (a) Centranthus cf. calcitrapae (5), 2𝑛=32. (b) C. lecoqii (2), 2𝑛=32. (c) C. macrosiphon, 2𝑛=32. (d) C. ruber (3), 2𝑛=32. (e) Patrinia scabiosifolia, 2𝑛= ca. 44. (f) Valeriana apula 2𝑛=16. (g) V. montana (5), 2𝑛=32. (h) V. officinalis (1), 2𝑛=14. (i) V. officinalis (6), 2𝑛 = ca. 56. (j) V. pyrenaica, 2𝑛=16. (k) V. saliunca, 2𝑛=16. (l) V. tripteris (3), 2𝑛=18. (ma-b) V. cf. tripteris (7), 2n = 32. (n) Valerianella coronata (1), 2n = 14. (o) V. coronata (2), 2n = 14. (p) V. dentata (1), 2n = 16. (q) V. dentata (2), 2n = 16. (r) V. discoidea, 2n = 14. Arrows indicate a chromosome pair much larger than the rest. (s) V. eriocarpa (1), 2n = 16. (t) V. locusta, 2n = 16. (u) V. multidentata, 2n = 14–16. (v) V. turgida (1), 2n = 16. Scale bars = 10 𝜇m.