“…In the monobasic group, 5 species (T. arven -sis, T. leptophylla, T. scabra, T. stocksiana and T. tenella) have chromosome numbers based on x=6 while in T. elongata, chromosome number is based on x=11. T. japonica is represented in three cytotypes with 2n=12, 16 and 18 and for T. nodosa two cytotypes (2n=22, 24) are on record (Majovsky 1970, Cauwet and Jury 1978, Hamal and Koul 1988, Wulff 1939, Engstrand 1970, Constance et al 1971, Strid 1971. Chromosome numbers of 5 species are based on x=6 only.…”