Taxonomic significance of the epicuticular wax composition in species of the genus Clusia from Panama

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-326

  Medina, E ^a   Aguiar, G ^a   Gomez M ^a   Aranda, J ^b   Medina, J D ^a   Winter, K ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Alkanes; Clusia; Epicuticular wax; Panama; Taxonomy; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

TAXONOMY; WAX;

CLUSIA COCLENSIS; CLUSIA CYLINDRICA; CLUSIA DIVARICATA; CLUSIA LIESNERI; CLUSIA MINOR; CLUSIA MULTIFLORA; CLUSIA OSSEOCARPA; CLUSIA PRATENSIS; CLUSIA ROSEA; CLUSIA STENOPHYLLA; CLUSIA TRIFLORA; CLUSIA UVITANA; CLUSIA VALERIOI;

EID: 33644641079     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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