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Somatic chromosome numbers are documented for 59 taxa, including three ornamental cultivars, in 20 genera and 15 families from the New Zealand region. Chromosome counts are also provided for Australian and Norfolk Island representatives of Coprosma (two species) and Melicytus/Hymenanthera (four taxa).
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Murray I. Dawson (1995) studied this question.
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