5201 Epilobium L.
- L., Sp. Pl.: 347 (1753).
- Excluded: Epilobium alpinum (see E. lactiflorum and E. anagallidifolium), E. ciliatum subsp. watsonii (E. watsonii, see E. ciliatum), E. leptophyllum.
Notes: Hoch: The epilobiums and [Chamerion] included here are (possibly with some exceptions) 2n = 36. It is not completely clear if this is a diploid or a tetraploid number. Our current best data (Baum et al. 1994) suggest that n = 18 is the base number in Epilobieae, with all other numbers in the tribe (n = 30, 19, 16, 15, 13, 12, 10, and 9) derived from n = 18 secondarily. The number must ultimately have come from some lower number (the outgroups for Epilobieae have x = 11 and x = 7) but there are no near basal species with n = 9.
Elven: There are some reports of 2n = 18 in Epilobium (e.g., in E. alsinifolium, E. anagallidifolium, and E. ciliatum, see below). We have therefore indicated the common 2n = 36 as '4x?'.
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Vallée du Marcadau, Pyrénées françaises, commune de Cauterets, département des Hautes-Pyrénées (France) :
Source: Guérin Nicolas at Wikispecies
