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Chemotaxonomy of the Rubiaceae family based on leaf fatty acid composition.
Phytochemistry - 1 Mar 2005
Mongrand Sébastien, Badoc Alain, Patouille Brigitte, Lacomblez Chantal, Chavent Marie, Bessoule Jean-Jacques
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With 10,700 species distributed in 637 genera, the Rubiaceae family is one of the largest of the angiosperms. Since it was previously evidenced that the fatty acid composition of photosynthetic tissues can be a tool for chemotaxonomic studies, the fatty acid composition of leaves from 107 Rubiaceae species highly representative of the diversity of the family was determined. Principal component analysis allowed a...
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