Table 5.
Chromosome numbers of different Abelmoschus spp. used in the study.
| Taxa | Chromosome number | References |
|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. moschatus and A. moschatus subsp. tuberosus | 2n = 72 | Merita et al. (2012) |
| Abelmoschus angulosus var. grandiflorus | 2n = 66 | |
| A. angulosus var. angulosus | 2n = 56 | Ford (1938) |
| Abelmoschus caillei (syn. Abelmoschus manihot var. caillei) | 2n = 194 | Singh and Bhatnagar (1975) |
| 185-199 | Siemonsma (1982a); Siemonsma (1982b) | |
| Abelmoschus esculentus | 2n = 66 | Ford (1938) |
| 2n = 72 | Teshima (1933); Ugale et al. (1976); Kamalova (1977) | |
| 2n = 118 | Tischler (1931) | |
| 2n = 120 | Tischler (1931); Purewal and Randhawa (1947) | |
| 2n = 130 | Skovsted (1935); Joshi and Hardas (1953); Joshi and Hardas (1976); Gadwal et al. (1968); Joshi et al. (1974); Singh and Bhatnagar (1975); Merita et al. (2012) | |
| 2n = 132 | Medwedewa (1936); Roy and Jha (1958); Breslavetz et al. (1934); Ford (1938) | |
| A. manihot subsp. tetraphyllus | 130 | Ugale et al. (1976) |
| 78 | Skovsted (1935) |