Composition and taxonomic distribution of leaf flavonoids in hebe and leonohebe (Plantaginaceae) in New Zealand — 1. “buxifoliatae”, “Flagriformes”, and leonohebe

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-203

  Markham, Kenneth R ^a   Mitchell, Kevin A ^a   Bayly, Michael J ^b   Kellow, Alison V ^b   Brownsey, Patrick J ^b   Garnock Jones, Phil J ^c  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Flavonoids; Hebe; Leonohebe; New Zealand flora; Plantaginaceae; Scrophulariaceae

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXONOMY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

HEBE; LEONOHEBE; PLANTAGINACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 18844420016     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2005.9512949     Document Type: Article

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