. 2022 Apr 26;16(2):93–125. doi: 10.3897/compcytogen.v16.i2.79033

Table 2.

Cytogenetic reports in the understudied tribes of Cucurbitaceae #.

Tribe and Genera	Species studied	Chromosome no.			Ploidy, Genome size, Chromosome features	References
Tribe and Genera	Species studied	x	2n	n	Ploidy, Genome size, Chromosome features	References
*Gomphogyneae*Gomphogyne Griffith, 1845	G.cissiformis Griffith, 1837		32^a	16^b	Tetraploid^c, autopolyploid^d; 10 secondary constrictions, one pair satellited^e; II, III, IV in meiosis^f	CCDB^b; Kumar and Subramaniam (1987)^a, Singh (1990)^a,d, Roy et al. (1991)^a,c,e,f
Hemsleya F.B. Forbes et Hemsley, 1888	H.amabilis Diels, 1912, H.carnosiflora Wu et Chen, 1985, H.chinensis Forbes et Hemsley, 1888, H.emeiensis Shen et Chang, 1983, H.graciliflora Cogniaux, 1916, H.heterosperma Wallich, 1831, H.macrocarpa Cogniaux, 1916, H.panacis-scandens Wu et Chen, 1985, H.sphaerocarpa Kuang et Lu, 1982	7^a	28^b, 22^c, 24^d, 26^e, 32^f, 40^g, 42^h	14^h	Tetraploidⁱ, aneuploids^j	Samuel et al. (1995)^a-j, Anmin et al. (2011)^{b, h}
Gynostemma Blume, 1825	G.cardiospermum Oliver, 1892	11^a	66^b		Hexaploid^c	IPCN ^a-c
	G.guangxiense Chen et Qin, 1988		22 ^a		Diploid ^b	IPCN ^a,b
	G.laxiflorum Wu et Chen, 1983		22 ^a		Diploid ^b	IPCN ^a,b
	G.longipes Wu et Chen, 1983		22^a, 44^b		Polyploid^c	IPCN ^a-c
	G.microspermum Wu et Chen, 1983		22^a		Diploid ^b	IPCN ^a,b
	G.pedatum Blume, 1825	12^a	24^b		Diploid^c	Roy et al. (1991) ^a,b,c
	G.pentagynum Wang, 1989		22^a		Diploid ^b	IPCN ^a,b
	G.pentaphyllum Thunberg, 1784		22^a, 24^b, 64^c, 66^d		Diploid^e, triploid^f, hexaploid^g; 2C (flow cytometry): 3.62pg^h; 17M+14sm+2stⁱ; CSR: 2.16–4.09 µm^j 5S (8), 45S (10) rDNA and telomeric signals^k	IPCN^a,b,c,e,f; Zhang et al. (2013)^h, Pellerin et al. (2018)^d,g,i,j,k
	G.pentaphyllumvar.dasycarpum Wu, 1983		22^a, 33^b, 44^c		Polyploid^d	IPCN ^a-d
	G.pentaphyllumvar.pentaphyllum Thunberg, 1784		22^a, 44^b, 66^c, 88^d		Polyploid^e	IPCN ^a-e
	G.yixingense Wang et Xie, 1981		88^a		Polyploid^b	IPCN ^a,b
*Triceratieae*		8^a			-	Roy et al. (1991) ^a
Fevillea Linnaeus, 1753		8^a			-	Roy et al. (1991) ^a
*Zanonieae*Zanonia Linnaeus, 1753	Z.indica Linnaeus, 1759	15^a	30^b	15^c	Autoploid^d; Metacentric chromosomes^e; CSR: 1.10-1.98 μm^f	Lekhak et al. (2018) ^a-f
*Actinostemmateae*	A.lobatum (Maxim.) Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.		16^a		-	IPCN ^a
Actinostemma Griffith, 1841	A.tenerum Griffith, 1837		16^a		Diploid^b; 7M +1sm^c; CSR: 2.88–4.02 µm^d; 45S (1) rDNA and 45S+5S (1) rDNA adjacent signal^e; telomeric repeat signals^f	Pellerin et al. (2018) ^a-f
*Thladiantheae*	T.calcarata Clarke, 1876, T.cordifolia Blume, 1826 T.davidii Franchet, 1886, T.dentata Cogniaux, 1916, T.lijiangensis Lu et Zhang, 1981, T.nudiflora Hemsley, 1887, T.pustulata Léveillé, 1916
Thladiantha Bunge, 1833		3^a, 5^b, 9^c	18^d	5^e, 9^f	Diploid^g	Darlington and Janaki Ammal (1945)^c; Roy et al. (1991)^a,b,d,e,g, IPCN^d,f
Thladiantha Bunge, 1833	T.dubia Bunge, 1833	3^a, 5^b, 9^c	18^a, 22^b	5^e, 9^f	Diploid^c; 7M+1sm+1st^d; CSR: 2.60–4.10 µm^e; 45S (4) and co-localized 45S+5S (1) rDNA signals^f; telomeric repeat signals^g	Samuel et al. (1995)^b, Pellerin et al. (2018)^a,c,d,e,f,g
Baijiania Lu et Li, 1993	B.yunnanensis Lu et Zhang, 1984		32^a		-	IPCN ^a
*Siraitieae*Siraitia Merrill, 1934	S.grosvenorii Swingle, 1941		28^a		45S (6) and 5S (2) rDNA signals^b	IPCN^a, Li et al. (2007)^b
*Joliffieae*Telfairia Hooker, 1827	T.occidentalis Hooker, 1871		22^a, 33^b, 44^c		Diploid^d, aneuploid^e, triploid^f, Tetraploid^g; 1 B^h	Uguru and Onovo (2011) ^a-h
*Joliffieae*Telfairia Hooker, 1827	T.pedata Sims, 1826		22^a		-	Bhowmick and Jha (2015)^a
*Schizopeponeae*Herpetospermum Hooker, 1867	H.pedunculosum Seringe, 1828			11^a	45S (14), 5S (2) rDNA signals^b	Xie et al. (2019a) ^a,b
Schizopepon Maximowicz, 1859	S.bryoniifolius Maximowicz, 1859	10^a	20^b		-	Roy et al. (1991)^a, IPCN^b
*Coniandreae*Apodanthera Arnott, 1841	A.undulata Gray, 1853	14^a			-	IPCN ^a
Corallocarpus Bentham et Hooker, 1867	C.epigaeus Rottler, 1803		26^a	13^b	-	Beevy and Kuriachan (1996) ^a,b
Corallocarpus Bentham et Hooker, 1867	C.welwitschii Naudin, 1863		72^a		-	Singh (1990)^a
Ibervillea Greene, 1895		11^a, 12^b			-	Darlington and Janaki Ammal (1945) ^a,b
Kedrostis Medikus, 1791	K. africana Linnaeus, 1753		40^a		2C (feulgen densitometry): 0.8 pg^b; 2C (flow cytometry): 1674 Mbp^c	Bennet et al. (1982)^a,b, Plant C DNA Values Database^c
	K.foetidissima Jacquin, 1788		26^a	13^b		Beevy and Kuriachan (1996) ^a,b
	K.rostrata Rottler, 1803	13^a	26^b	13^c	-	IPCN ^a-c
Seyrigia Keraudren, 1960				13^a	-	IPCN ^a

# x: base number; 2n: zygotic number; n: gametic number; CSR: chromosome size range; B: B chromosome; II: bivalents, III: trivalent, IV: tetravalent; superscripts correspond to references.