KARYOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN THE NORTH INDIAN SPIDER PLANTS
M.I.S. SAGGOO *
Department of Botany, Punjabi University Patalia-147002, India
GAGANDEEP KAUR *
Department of Botany, Punjabi University Patalia-147002, India
RAMANDEEP KAUR KAUR *
Department of Botany, Punjabi University Patalia-147002, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Studies have been carried out on six different clones of spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) - Green (wild type) and Variegated grown at different locations in North West India. All the variegated taxa and two of the green taxa showed 2n =28 while the green type from Patiala showed 2n =26. The clones exhibited considerable variation in their karyotypic features and chromosome morphology. There is possibility of existence of different cytotypes biotypes in the species.
Keywords: Karyotype, Chlorophytum,, Spider plant, Cytotypes.