Chemotaxonomic significance of leaf wax n-alkanes in the umbelliferae, cruciferae and leguminosae (subf. Papilionoideae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 531-545

  Maffei, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

chemotaxonomy; cluster analysis; Cruciferae; leaf wax n alkanes; Leguminosae; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES;

EID: 0030511751     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(96)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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