ABSTRACT


CARMEN SANZ DE CORTAZAR1
 

Chromosome numbers were deterinined in a group of chilean plants.
Brodiaea porrifolia (Poepp.) Engl. presented 2n = 22; the genus Calceolaria presented n = 9, in 7 of the observed species. (C. dentata, C. integrifolia, C. nudicaulis, C. petioalaris, C. polifolia, C. sessilis y C. thyrsiflora), except in the specimens of Calceolaria nudicaulis Benth. from one locality (Isla de Maipo) which presented n = 14.
Scilla chloroleuca Kth. presented n = 16 and 2n = 32; Sisyrinchium tenuifolium Humb. et Bonpl. n = 9, Solanum brevidens Ph. n = 12 and 2n = 24, and Solanum tomatillo (Remy R. n = 9).
Three mictophotographs and 17 drawings with camara lucida are presented.

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1 Ingeniero Agronómo