POLYPLOID HOSTAS

Polyploid plants contain more than two sets of chromosomes and include triploids, tetraploids, hexaploids, and octoploids. The following cultivars and species are thought to be polyploids. The diploid counterpart, or polyploid parent, in parentheses.

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• 'Abba Diana Reeck'
• 'Abiqua Recluse'
• 'Amber Tiara'-----('Grand Tiara')
• 'American Sweetheart'-----('Sea Thunder')
• 'Americana' (possibly an octaploid)
• 'Anne'-----('Fortunei Aureomarginata')
• 'Atlantis'-----('Abba Dabba Do')
• 'Blue Dome'-----('Tokudama')
• 'Blue Mouse Ears'-----('Blue Cadet')
• 'Blue Mouse Ears Supreme' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Braveheart'-----('Invincible')
• 'Bulletproof'-----('Halcyon')
• 'Captain Kirk'-----('Gold Standard')
• 'Cat and Mouse' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Cathedral Windows'-----('Stained Glass')
• 'Cherry Pie'-----('Cherry Berry')
• 'Christmas Candy'-----('Night Before Christmas')
• 'Christmas Charm'-----('Night Before Christmas')
• 'Christmas Cookies'-----('Night Before Christmas')
• 'Christmas Lights'-----('Christmas Tree')
• 'Clifford's Forest Fire'-----('Sagae')
• 'Clifford's Stingray'-----('Loyalist')
• 'Dust Devil'-----('Whirlwind')
• 'Electrum Stater'-----('Abiqua Recluse')
• 'Enterprise'-----('Captain Kirk')
• 'Epiphany'-----('Paradigm')
• 'Essence of Summer'-----('Warwick Essence')
• 'Eternal Flame'-----('Whirlwind')
• 'Fantasy Island'-----('Island Charm')
• 'Fire and Ice'-----(reverse tet of 'Francee')
• 'Fireworks'-----('Loyalist,' possibly an octaploid)
• 'First Light'-----('Morning Light')
• 'First Mate'-----('Kabitan')
• 'Five O'clock Somewhere'-----('Five O'clock Shadow')
• 'Flame Stitch'-----(ventricosa 'Aureomarginata')
• 'Flame Tiara'-----('Amber Tiara')
• 'Flash of Light'-----('Francee')
• 'Foxfire Rose Red'-----('Cherry Berry')
• 'Friar Tuck'-----('Sum It Up')
• 'Frosted Mouse Ears' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Grand Marquee'-----('Carder Blue')
• 'Grand Prize'-----('Golden Tiara')
• 'Grand Tiara'-----('Golden Tiara')
• 'Green Mouse Ears' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Heat Wave'-----('Bright Lights')
• 'Heavenly Tiara'-----('Grand Tiara')
• 'Hi Ho Silver'-----('Ginko Craig')
• 'High Society'-----('June')
• 'Hirao Majesty'-----(?)
• 'Hirao Zeus'-----('Tokudama')
• 'Holy Mole'-----('Guacamole')
• 'Holy Mouse Ears' ('Royal Mouse Ears')
• 'Hollywood Lights'-----('On Stage')
• 'Independence'-----('Francee')
• 'Ivory Coast'-----('Sagae')
• 'Jade Stone'------('Guacamole')
• 'Jolly Green Dwarf'
• 'Karin'-----('Anne')
• 'Lakeside Beach Captain'-----('Lakeside Shore Master')
• 'Lakeside Black Satin'-----(ventricosa)
• 'Let Me Entertain You'-----(?)
• 'Liberty'-----('Sagae')
• 'Linda Sue'-----(Frances Williams')
• 'Lodestar'-----('Sum and Substance')
• 'Loyalist'-----(reverse tet of 'Francee')
• 'Magic Fire'-----('Sagae')
• 'Majesty'-----('Sagae')
• 'Middle Ridge'-----('Undulata Univittata')
• 'Midnight Ride'-----('Patriot')
• 'Mighty Mouse' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Minuteman'-----('Francee')
• 'Morning Light'-----('Twilight')
• 'Mouse Tracks' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Night Before Christmas'-----('White Christmas')
• 'Olympic Glacier'-----('Pathfinder')
• 'Olympic Sunrise'-----('Katherine Lewis')
• 'One Iota' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'One Iota Streaked' ('One Iota')
• 'Paradise Breeze'-----('Whirlwind')
• 'Paradise Glory'-----('Paul's Glory')
• 'Paradise Gold Line'-----(ventricosa 'Aureomarginata')
• 'Paradise on Fire'-----('Fire and Ice')
• 'Pathfinder'-----(reverse tet of 'Francee')
• 'Patriot'-----('Francee')
• 'Patriot Pride'-----('Patriot')
• 'Patriot's Fire'-----('Francee')
• 'Patriotic'-----('Francee')
• 'Paul Revere'-----(reverse tet of 'Francee')
• 'Pro Tek Tor'-----('Little Boy')
• 'Pure Heart' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Radiant Edger'-----('Gold Edger')
• 'Red Hot Flash'-----('PeeDee Goldflash')
• 'Remember Me'-----('June')
• 'Revolution'-----('Francee')
• 'Rich Uncle'-----('Electrum Stater')
• 'Rhino Hide'
• 'Roy Klehm'-----('Summer Serenade')
• 'Royal Mouse Ears' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Royal Super'-----('Royal Standard')
• 'Schwarzer Ritter'-----(ventricosa)
• 'Second Wind'-----('Whirlwind')
• 'Secret Ambition'-----('Secret Love')
• 'Silver Lode'-----('Silver Streak')
• 'Snow Mouse' ('Blue Mouse Ears')
• 'Snowy Lake'-----('Veronica Lake')
• 'Spinach Souffle'-----('Garden Treasure')
• 'St. Paul'-----('Paul's Glory')
• 'Striptease'-----('Gold Standard')
• 'Sum of All'-----('Sum and Substance')
• 'Sweet Innocence'-----('Fragrant Bouquet')
• 'Tappen Zee'-----('Electrum Stater')
• 'Timothy'-----('Gold Edger')
• 'Topaz Tiara'-----('Grand Tiara')
• 'Touch of Class'-----('June')
• 'Twilight'-----('Fortunei Aureomarginata')
• 'Velvet Moon'-----('Abiqua Moonbeam')
• ventricosa
• ventricosa 'Aureomarginata'-----(ventricosa)
• ventricosa) 'Aureomaculata'-----(ventricosa)
• 'Whirlygig'-----('Fortunei')
• 'Whirlwind'-----('Fortunei Hyacinthina')
• 'Whirlwind Tour'-----('Whirlwind')
• 'Winter Bouquet'-----('Fragrant Bouquet')
• 'Xanadu'-----('Fantasy Island')

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