Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Dioon edule

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s):
Crop Use(s): tanning agent
Reference Source(s): sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 5

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Reynolds, E. A. and P. John (2000). ACC oxidase is found in seedlings of two (Coniferales, Gnetales) of the four gymnosperm orders. Physiologia Plantarum. [print] September 110(1): 38-41. {a} Department of Agricultural Botany, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AS, UK

Chavez, V. M. and R. E. Litz (1999). Organogenesis from megagametophyte and zygotic embryo explants of the gymnosperm Dioon edule Lindley (Zamiaceae, Cycadales). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. [print] 58(3): 219-222. {a} Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280 St., Homestead, FL, 33031-3314, USA

Marler, T. E. and L. E. Willis (1997). Leaf gas exchange characteristics of sixteen cycad species. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 122(1): 38-42. {a} Coll. Agric. Life Sci., Univ. Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao 96923, Guam

Skubatz, H., E. R. Svee, et al. (1995). Oleic acid and its positional isomer, cis-vaccinic acid, in the appendix of Sauromatum guttatum during anthesis. Plant Physiology Rockville 107(4): 1433-1438. {a} Dep. Bot., University Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Vovides, A. P. and C. G. Iglesias (1994). An integrated conservation strategy for the cycad Dioon edule Lindl. Biodiversity and Conservation 3(2): 137-141. Jardin Botanico 'Fco J. Clavijero', Inst. de Ecol., Apdo Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, Mexico

Moretti, A., P. Caputo, et al. (1993). A phylogenetic analysis of Dioon (Zamiaceae). American Journal of Botany 80(2): 204-214. {a} Dip. Biologia Vegetale, Univ. Napoli Federico II, Via Foria 223, 80139 Napoli, Italy

Caputo, P., D. W. Stevenson, et al. (1991). A phylogenetic analysis of American Zamiaceae (Cycadales) using chloroplast DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Brittonia 43(3): 135-145.

Vovides, A. P. (1991). Cone idioblasts of eleven cycad genera: Morphology, distribution, and significance. Botanical Gazette 152(1): 91-99.

Battey, J. F. and J. B. Ohlrogge (1990). Evolutionary and tissue-specific control of expression of multiple acyl-carrier protein isoforms in plants and bacteria. Planta 180(3): 352-360.

Casoria, P. (1983). Experimental studies on in-vitro germination of Dioon edule Lindl. Delpinoa 26: 15-22.

Vovides, A. P. (1532). Spatial distribution, survival, and fecundity of Dioon edule (Zamiaceae) in a tropical deciduous forest in Veracruz, Mexico, with notes on its habitat. American Journal Of Botany 77(12): 1532-1543.


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Index of common names:
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