NEW CYTOTYPES OF PTERIS ENSIFORMIS VAR. VICTORIAE FROM INDONESIA

Muhammad Efendi (Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Islamic University of Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung)
Tatik Chikmawati (Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bogor Agricultural University)
Dedy Darnaedi (Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI)

REINWARDTIA
Vol 14, No 1 (2014): Vol. 14 No. 1

New cytotypes of Pteris ensiformis var. victoriae and one cytotype of var. ensiformis are recorded from Indonesia: var. victoriae with 2n=58 (sexual diploid) from Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, and 2n=87 (triploid) from Lombok Island and Bogor, West Java; and var. ensiformis with 2n=116 (sexual tetraploid). The diploid is smaller than the triploid in plant size. Results indicate a cytological variation in var. victoriae, like in var. ensiformis.