Morphology and karyotype of Korean Convallaria majalis plants were observed for taxonomic studies. Most plants produced two leaves(70%) and some one leaf(30%), but rarely three leaves. Plant length averaged 34.4±4.6㎝. Percentage of plants bearing f...
Morphology and karyotype of Korean Convallaria majalis plants were observed for taxonomic studies. Most plants produced two leaves(70%) and some one leaf(30%), but rarely three leaves. Plant length averaged 34.4±4.6㎝. Percentage of plants bearing flowers was very low with 3.7% (n=1.346) in the field. Raceme usually grew below leaves and rarely grew over leaves. Plant beared five to ten flowers on a single raceme. Chromosomes were x=19 and diploidy with 2n=38. The chromosomes were composed of 13 pairs of median and 6 pairs of submedian chromosomes. The number of chromosome and karyotype of Korean C. majalis plant agree with those of Japanese and European plants. [Convallaria majalis, chromosome, karyotype, morphological variation, taxonomy].