T. N. Praptosuwiryo, R. Garvita, Elizabeth Handini, I. Fijridiyanto, J. Witono
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Abstract
Paphiopedilum is one of the most widely grown and hybridized of all orchid genera due to its distinctive flower morphology. This genus consists of 139 accepted species and is native to southern China to tropical Asia. Karyological studies on the genus Paphiopedilum have been reported by many cytologists in different countries. However, many Indonesian members of Paphiopedilum have remained comparatively limited in investigated cytologically. This study aimed to analyze karyological characters of four species of Paphiopedilum collected in the Bogor Botanical Garden, Indonesia, namely P. armeniacum, P. hirsutissimum, P. primulinum, and P. superbiens. Karyological studies were conducted by root tips squash method. The results showed that four species of Paphiopedilum have a basic chromosome number of x = 15. They are diploid with 2n=30, instead of the common diploid chromosome number of Paphiopedilum (2n = 26). Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum and P. primulinum possess 16 m + 14 sm chromosome formulae. Whereas Paphiopedilum armeniacum and P. superbiens revealed 16 m + 14 sm and 18 m + 12 sm chromosome formulae, respectively.A Robertsonian change in chromosome number generated by the fission of chromosomes would best explain the origin of the new diploid chromosome number and karyotypes of these species.
期刊介绍:
Caryologia is devoted to the publication of original papers, and occasionally of reviews, about plant, animal and human karyological, cytological, cytogenetic, embryological and ultrastructural studies. Articles about the structure, the organization and the biological events relating to DNA and chromatin organization in eukaryotic cells are considered. Caryologia has a strong tradition in plant and animal cytosystematics and in cytotoxicology. Bioinformatics articles may be considered, but only if they have an emphasis on the relationship between the nucleus and cytoplasm and/or the structural organization of the eukaryotic cell.