> They mention in the article that no distinct centromeres were
> observed in ANY of the chromosomes and that these are probably diffuse.
> This observation was also worth for D.falconeri. I don't have the other
> papers with chromosome numbers for D.petiolaris and D.lanata, but I
> imagine these also have this type of chromosome. In my opinion this may be
> another proof of the close relationship between Lasiocephala and
> Bryastrum.
Yes. And remember what you have written some time ago (about Allen
Lowrie's new spp.):
> D.caduca is probably the strangest of these new species since only
> the young leaves have traps. The older leaves are produced later in
> the season are very long like grass blades and without traps.
Caducous laminae?! This mode of detachment (abscision, i.e. if
laminae are not simply absent by reduction in D.caduca - name?) is (at
least to me) reminiscent of the process observable (also "later in
the season") in Bryastrum when the gemmae (transformed laminae) are
dispersed.
Kind regards
Jan