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Cytology of Polygala

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COMPARATIVELY little is known of the cytology of the genus Polygala. Table 1 gives chromosome counts made on ten European and one South African species, together with previous counts for comparison.

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GLENDINNING, D. Cytology of Polygala . Nature 188, 604–605 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188604a0

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