Table 9.

Data on fundamental cytogenetic parameters utilized for statistical analysis.

Species	2n Chromosome no.	Ploidy	2C genome size (pg)	MCL (μm)	HCL (μm)	References
Gynostemmapentaphyllum	66	6	3.62			Zhang et al. (2013), Pellerin et al. (2018)
Zanoniaindica	30	2		1.47	22.12	Lekhak et al. (2018)
Momordicabalsamina	22	2		1.30	14.3#	Bharathi et al. (2011)
Momordicacharantiavar.charantia	22	2	0.72	1.97	21.77	Ghosh et al. (2018)
Momordicacharantiavar.muricata	22	2	1.16	2.19	24.19	Ghosh et al. (2018)
Momordicacochinchinensis	28	2	2.64	2.27	31.86	Ghosh et al. (2021)
Momordicacymbalaria	18	2	3.74	3.75	33.79	Ghosh et al. (2021)
Momordicadioica	56	4	3.36	2.75	77.1	Ghosh et al. (2021)
Momordicasahyadrica	28	2		1.34	18.76	Bharathi et al. (2011)
Momordicasubangulata	56	4	3.06	2.15	60.3	Ghosh et al. (2021)
Luffaacutangula	26	2		2.20	28.63	this study
Luffacylindrica	26	2	1.56	2.98	38.77	Bhowmick and Jha (2015a), this study
Luffaechinata	26	2		3.17	41.26	this study
Trichosanthescucumerina	22	2		3.47	37.855	Bhowmick and Jha (2019), this study
Trichosanthescucumerinasubsp.cucumerina Anguina	22	2		3.43	37.74	Bhowmick and Jha (2019), this study
Trichosanthesdioica Male	22	2	2.27	3.71	40.82	Bhowmick and Jha (2015a), this study
Trichosanthesdioica Female	22	2	2.32	3.71	40.82	Bhowmick and Jha (2015a), this study
Benincasahispida	24	2	1.97	3.17	38.08	Bhowmick and Jha (2015a), this study
Citrulluslanatus	22	2		1.33#	14.67	Waminal et al. (2011)
Cocciniagrandis male	24	2	0.92	1.80	20.32	Bhowmick et al. (2012, 2016), this study
Cocciniagrandis female	24	2	0.73	1.86	19.85	Bhowmick et al. (2012, 2016), this study
Cocciniahirtella	24	2	0.988			Sousa et al. (2017)
Cocciniasessilifolia Male	24	2	0.984			Sousa et al. (2017)
Cocciniasessilifolia Female	24	2	0.998			Sousa et al. (2017)
Cocciniatrilobata	20	2	1.263			Sousa et al. (2017)
Lagenariasiceraria	22	2	0.734	1.79	20.06	Achigan-Dako et al. (2008)
Cucumisafricanus	24	2		2.08	25.045	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumisanguriavar.anguria	24	2		2.13	25.6	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumisanguriavar.longaculeatus	24	2		2.10	25.195	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumisheptadactylus	48	4		2.09	50.225	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumismelo	24	2	1.05	1.50	17.8#	Marie and Brown (1993), Hoshi et al. (2013)
Cucumismelovar.inodorus	24	2	0.64			Karimzadeh et al. (2010)
Cucumismyriocarpusvar.leptodermis	24	2		1.93	23.19	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumismyriocarpusvar.myriocarpus	48	4		2.25	53.985	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumiszeyheri	24	2		2.30	27.56	Yagi et al. (2015)
Cucumissativus	14	2	1.03, 1.77##	2.07#	14.50	Barow and Meister (2003), Marie and Brown (1993), Waminal and Kim (2012)
Cucurbitaargyrosperma	40		0.748			Roy et al. (1991), Sisko et al. (2003)
Cucurbitaecuadorensis	40		0.933			Sisko et al. (2003)
Cucurbitafoetidissima	40		0.686			Sisko et al. (2003)
Cucurbitamoschata	40	2	0.708, 0.97##	1.26#	25.19	Sisko et al. (2003), Barrow and Meister (2003), Waminal et al. (2011)
Cucurbitaokeechobeensisssp.martinezii	40		0.74			Sisko et al. (2003)

# calculated from chromosome measurements reported in publications, ## different entries for same taxa were taken from different reports