%A Yang Yongping, Gu Zhijian, Li Heng, Liu Xianzhang %T STUDIES ON THE KARYOTYPES OF THREE SPECIES OF CURCULIGO %0 Journal Article %D 1989 %J Plant Diversity %R %P 1-3 %V 11 %N 03 %U {https://journal.kib.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_31972.shtml} %8 1989-06-25 %X Abstract This paper deals with the karyotype analysis of 3 species of Curculigo from China. The karyotype formulae are as follows: 1 ) C. crassifolia 2n= 2x = 18 = 10m(4SAT) + 8sm 2) C. capitulata 2n= 2x= 18 = 10m(2SAT) + 8sm 3) C. sinensis 2n=2x=18= 8 m(3SAT) + 10sm(2SAT) Among them, the karyotype of C. sinensis S. C. Chen are reported for the first time. The karyotypes of 3 species of this genus fall into "2B" type, but the karyotype of C. sinensis might be more asymmetrical than C. crassifolia and C. capitulata based on their asymmetry indexes.