Uysal, TunaErtugrul, KuddisiSusanna, AlfonsoGarcia-Jacas, Nuria2020-03-262020-03-2620090024-40741095-8339https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00939.xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12395/23695Twenty-two chromosome counts are reported in 16 species, four subspecies and two varieties of the genus Centaurea. These are mostly Turkish local endemics of section Cheirolepis, a complicated group from the Eastern clade of the Jacea group. Twenty-one reports are new. Prevalence of the basic chromosome number x = 9 among the eastern sections of the Jacea group is confirmed. (C) 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 159, 280-286.en10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00939.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcrocentronCentaureinaeCheirolepisCynaroidesendemicskaryologyArticle1592280286Q1WOS:000263745300009Q3