48 <strong>Oberprieler</strong>: <strong>Anthemis</strong> in N Africa Fig. 6: Metaphase plates in <strong>Anthemis</strong>. - A: <strong>Anthemis</strong> abylaea, root tip mitosis, 2n = 36 (Vogt 12045). B: A. maritima subsp. maritima, root tip mitosis, 2n = 36 (HB Liège). C: A. pedunculata var. pedunculata, PMC meiosis, n = 9 (Vogt 9414 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 3852). D: A. pedunculata var. pedunculata, root tip mitosis, 2n = 18 (Vogt 9414 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 3852). E: A. pedunculata varo pedunculata, PMC meiosis, n = 18 (Vogt & <strong>Oberprieler</strong>4026). F: A. pedunculata var. pedunculata, PMC meiosis, n = 18 (Vogt 14962 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 9271). - Scale bars = lO 11m.
Bocconea 9 - 1998 49 No previous report <strong>of</strong> a chromosome number for this species newly described exists. <strong>The</strong> number <strong>of</strong> n = 9 chromosomes reported here agrees with that found in other species <strong>of</strong> <strong>Anthemis</strong> ser. Bourgeinianae and most members <strong>of</strong> A. sect. <strong>Anthemis</strong>. <strong>Anthemis</strong> (subg. <strong>Anthemis</strong>) sect. Hiorthia <strong>Anthemis</strong> abylaea n = 18 -Ma, Djebel Fahies, 550-660 m, 20 Apr 1993, Vogt 9897 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong>4345. -Ma, Monts de Beni Hosmar, 1200 m, 21 Apr 1993, Vogt 10023 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong>4471 (Fig. 5F). -Ma, Monts de Beni Hosmar, 1200 m, 30 May 1993, Vogt 12039. 2n = 36 -Ma, Djebel Fahies, 550-660 m, 31 May 1993, Vogt 12045 (Fig. 6A). <strong>The</strong> chromosome number for this species endemie to the limestone mountains <strong>of</strong> the Tangier peninsula is reported here for the first time. <strong>Anthemis</strong> eretica subsp. columnae 2n= 36 - It, Avellino, Monte Vergine, 1220 m, 28 May 1994, Vogt 14004 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 8309. It was not possible to study N African plant material <strong>of</strong> this taxon cytologically, so a chromosome count from the locus cIassicus <strong>of</strong> this subspecies in S Italy is provided instead. <strong>The</strong> tetraploid level found confirms counts by Strid & Franzén (1983, sub <strong>Anthemis</strong> carpatica) and Papanicolaou (1984, sub A. eretica) on Greek plants that were later assigned to A. eretica subsp. columnae by Franzén (1986). <strong>Anthemis</strong> maritima subsp. maritima n = 18 - Tn, Bizerte, Cap Blane, 10-30 m, 22 Jun 1994, Vogt 13792 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 8097. -Ga, Col de Tende, 270 m, 23 May 1995, Vogt 15352 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 9661 . 2n= 36 - Tn, Bizerte, Cap Blane, 20 m, 22 May 1994, Vogt 13813 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong> 8118. -Hs, Cab ° Roehe, 5-JOm, 17 Apr 1993, Vogt 9733 & <strong>Oberprieler</strong>4181. *-Ga, Aude, Narbonne, HB Liège (eult. in HB Berlin No. 194-25-92-10). *-Co, Alistro, HB Liège (eult. in HB Berlin No. 194-27-92-10) (Fig. 6B). <strong>The</strong> tetraploid chromosome numbers found in Tunisian, Spanish and French material (Table lO) confirms counts <strong>of</strong> n = 18 or 2n = 36, respectively, made on plants <strong>of</strong> the same taxon from the Mediterranean coasts <strong>of</strong> France (Larsen 1954, Rashid 1974), Italy (Capi neri & al. 1976), Sicily (Brullo & Pavone 1978, Brullo & al. 1988), and Mallorca (Benedf i Gonzalez 1987), and from the Atlantic coasts <strong>of</strong> Portugal (Fernandes & Queir6s 1970, 1971) and Spain (Luque 1984, Benedf i Gonzalez 1987).