Estudios cromosómicos en seis especies mexicanas de comelináceas
In the present study, chromosome numbers (2n) and karyotypes for the following taxa were obtained: Tradescantia crassifolia Cav. subsp. acaulis (Martens y Galeotti) D. Hunt, Gibasis shiedeana (Kunth) D. Hunt, Cymbispatha commelinoides (Shult. f.) Pichon, Commelina communis L., C. diffusa Burm. f. and C. coelestis Willd. For T. crassifolia subsp. acaulis, this is the first report on chromosome number and karyotype. The species studied were collected in the Reserva Ecológica del Pedregal de San Ángel, México, D.F. The differences encountered in chromosome numbers and karyotypes are discussed. Our results provide evidence that Robertsonian fusions and fisions, structural rearrangements, polyploidy and aneuploidy have an important role in the speciation of Commelinaceae members.