Chromosome numbers for the Italian flora

Chrobase.it stores chromosome counts mainly for the Italian flora. Also counts from Corsica are being included, given the high number of endemics shared with Sardinia and Tuscan Archipelago.
Current holdings are (live from database as of today, Wednesday 6 December 2023, 14:26:46 UTC):

	Total	Corse
counts	9217	421
taxa	3120	229
cytotypes	5223	315
bibl. records	1617	97

Specific and infraspecific taxa are stored as they were accepted in the original publications. Families and currently accepted specific and infraspecific taxa follow the Portal to the Flora of Italy.
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Downloadable media

• presentation of Chrobase.it (in Italian) delivered in Rome, 23 October 2010;
• article in a local newspaper (Il Tirreno, 10 January 2011);
• presentation (in English) based on data extracted from Chrobase.it, delivered in Berlin, 22 February 2011;
• presentation focussing on endemic plants, delivered in Castiglioncello (LI), 11 June 2011.
• presentation on the history of cytotaxonomical research in Italy, delivered in Genoa, 23 September 2011.
• presentation on the chromosome number variation in Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, delivered in Palermo, 14 September 2013, during the XIV OPTIMA Meeting.

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How to cite this database
If you use the information contained in this website, please cite as follows:

Bedini G., Peruzzi L. (eds.), 2021 onwards. Chrobase.it - Chromosome numbers for the Italian flora v. 2.0. http://bot.biologia.unipi.it/chrobase/. [accessed 6 December 2023 *]

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*Please replace the date and time with the appropriate date and time for your use of the database