Genome size estimates for nine species of Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) from the Mediterranean region

Genome size estimations are reported for nine Gagea species, belonging to two different sections. The lowest value was found in Gagea cf. peduncularis from Turkey (sect. Didymobulbos), 2C = 12.06 pg, likely diploid, the highest in a pentaploid G. pratensis from S France (sect. Gagea), 2C = 39.45 pg. Monoploid genome size or 1Cx values range from 5.81 pg in G. foliosa (sect. Didymobulbos) to 9.16 pg in G. sicula, from the same section