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Table 3.

Cytogenetic information in Momordica (Momordiceae)#.

Species	Chromosome no.		Ploidy, Genome size, Chromosome features	References
Species	2n	n	Ploidy, Genome size, Chromosome features	References
M.balsamina Linnaeus, 1753	22^a		Diploid^b; two chromosomes with double constrictions^c; CSR:0.65–1.98µm^d; MCL:1.30µm^e; TCL: 28.61µm^f	Bharathi et al. (2011) ^a-f
M.charantia	22^a	11^b	Diploid^e, 2C (Feulgen densitometry): 4.10pg ^f, 2C (flow cytometry): 1.43pg^g; chromosomes mostly metacentric, few submetacentric and subtelocentric^h; 2 chromosomes with satellitesⁱ; CSR: 1.26-1.81µm^j; 45S (4) and 5S (2) rDNA signals^k	Plant DNA C-Values Database^f; Bharathi et al. (2011)^a,i ; Barow and Meister (2003)^g; Lombello and Pinto-Maglio (2007)^a,b,h; Bharathi et al. (2011); Waminal and Kim (2012)^a,e,h,j,k; Kausar et al. (2015)^a; Kido et al. (2016)^a,i
M.charantiavar.charantia	22^a	11^b	Diploid^c; 2C (flow cytometry): 0.72pg^d; NORs: 4^e; nucleolar and centromeric CMA⁺ bands^f ; CSR: 1.27-3.07µm^g; MCL: 1.97 µm^h; HCL: 21.77µmⁱ	Ghosh et al. (2018)^a-f; Ghosh et al. (2021)^a,c,d,g,h,i
M.charantiavar.muricata Chakravarty, 1982	22^a	11^b	Diploid^c; 2C (flow cytometry): 1.16pg^d; NORs: 6^e; nucleolar and centromeric CMA⁺ bands^f; CSR: 1.64-3.13µm^g; MCL: 2.19µm^h; HCL: 24.19µmⁱ	Ghosh et al. (2018)^a-f; Ghosh et al. (2021)^a,c,d,g,h,i
M.cochinchinensis Loureiro, 1790	28^a	14^b	Diploid^c, 2C (flow cytometry): 2.64pg^d, 6^e chromosomes with secondary constrictions; CSR:1.16–2.03µm^f /1.71-3.17μm^g ; MCL: 2.27µm^h; HCL: 31.86μmⁱ; 45S (8) and 5S (2) rDNA signals^j	IPCN^b; Xie et al. (2019a)^a,j; Bharathi et al. (2011)^a,e,f; Ghosh et al. (2021)^a,c,d,g,h,i
M.cymbalaria	18^a	8^b, 9^c, 11^d	Diploid^e, 2C (flow cytometry): 3.74 pg^f; 2^g–4^h chromosomes with secondary constrictions; CSR: 2.71-4.57μmⁱ; MCL:3.75μm^j; HCL: 33.79μm^k	IPCN^b; CCDB^b,d; Bharathi et al. (2011)^a,c,e,g; Ghosh et al. (2021)^{a,e,f,h,i,j,k}
M.denudata Clarke, 1879		14^a	-	IPCN ^a
M.dioica Willdenow, 1805	28^a, 56^b		Diploid^c; 2C (flow cytometry): 3.36 pg^d, 2^e-12^f chromosomes with secondary constrictions; CSR: 2.04-3.58μm^g; MCL: 2.75µm^h; HCL: 77.10μmⁱ; 45S (4) and 5S (2) rDNA signals^j	Bharathi et al. (2011)^a,c,e; Xie et al. (2019a)^a,j; Ghosh et al. (2021)^b,d,f,g,h,i
M.foetida Schumacher, 1827	44^a		-	Behera et al. (2011)^a
M.rostrata Zimmermann, 1922	22^a		-	Behera et al. (2011)^a
M.sahyadrica Kattukunnel et Antony, 2007	28^a		2 chromosomes with secondary constrictions^b; CSR: 0.73–1.83µm^c; TCL: 37.53µm^d, MCL: 1.34µm^e	Behera et al. (2011)^a-e
M.subangulata Blume, 1826	56^a		2C (flow cytometry): 3.06pg^b; 8 chromosomes with secondary constrictions^c; CSR: 1.52-3.11μm^d; HCL: 60.30μm^e	Ghosh et al. (2021) ^a-e
M.subangulatasubsp.renigera Don, 1834	56^a		4 chromosomes with secondary constrictions^b; CSR: 0.52-1.26µm^c; MCL: 0.93µm^d; TCL 51.88µm^e	Bharathi et al. (2011) ^a-e
M.tuberosa Miquel, 1855	22^a	11^b	-	IPCN^a,b; CCDB^a,b

# 2n: Zygotic chromosome number; n: gametic chromosome number; I: univalent; II: bivalent; III: trivalent; CSR: chromosome size range; MCL: mean chromosome length; HCL: total length of haploid set of chromosomes; TCL: total length of diploid set of chromosomes; NOR: nucleolar organizing region, superscripts correspond to references.