Authors
- Joan Simon
- Cèsar Blanché
- Maria Bosch
- Estefany Goncalves
Chromosome database
CromoCat
CromoCat is a plant chromosome database and a repository of karyological information on the vascular flora of the Catalan Countries.
The project
A database for understanding chromosome diversity
CromoCat compiles chromosome counts and associated karyological information for the vascular flora of the Catalan Countries.
Research groups
CromoCat publications
- 1997 Simon, J. & Blanché, C. News from CromoCat: a chromosome database of the Catalan Countries. OPTIMA Newsletter, 32, 6–7.
- 2001 Simon, J., Margelí, M. & Blanché, C. CROMOCAT: the chromosome database of the Catalan Countries. Bocconea, 13, 281–297.
- 2010 Simon, J. & Blanché, C. Projecte CromoCat: 10 anys (1999–2009). Actes del IX Col·loqui de Botànica Pirenaico-cantàbrica, 411–424.
- 2016 Simon, J. & Blanché, C. Karyological knowledge of the Catalan vascular flora inferred from CromoCat. Universitat de Barcelona repository.
- 2023 Simon, J., Bosch, M. & Blanché, C. CromoCat: Chromosome Database of the Vascular Flora of the Catalan Countries—25 years. DOI.
Collaborators 1996–2021
MsC and PhD Students and fellowships participating in learning-service activities of chromosome data recording (chronological order)
- Marta Margelí
- Maria Bigordà
- Maria Cosp
- Noemí Álvarez-Camino
- Lidia Caño
- Laura Orejuela
- Ruth Benito
- Albert Armengol
- Sergi Massó
- Marc Enríquez
- Elisabet Aguilar
- Jordi López-Pujol
- Carla Cordomí
- Àlex Campoy
- Laia Castilla
- Marta Riba
- Sergi Casanova
Funded in part by grants 2017SGR1116 and 2021SGR0315.
Data access
Two ways to explore CromoCat
You can query this database through 2 tables:
CRO-IN
CRO-IN stores the complete dataset of information for chromosome data on PPCC vascular flora populations, organized in 35 fields.
Search CRO-INBIBLIO
BIBLIO stores the documented source for each record. Queries can be filtered by the fields below.
Search BIBLIOContact
Help us improve CromoCat
We welcome corrections, new references and comments. If you know of an erroneous count or a missing publication, include the taxon and as much bibliographic information as possible.
estefany.goncalves@ub.edu