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Asclepias asperula

Popularity of Asclepias asperula over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Asclepias asperula (filled column histogram and left hand axis scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (complete line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in box on the left hand side); Plots of a proportional micro index, derived from numbers of papers mentioning Asclepias asperula as a proportion (scaled by multiplying by one million) of the total number of papers published for that year (broken line frequency polygon and right hand scale) and line of best fit, 1926 to 2006 (broken line, with equation and % variation accounted for, in broken line box on the right hand side)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Abbott AJ, Holoubek CG, Martin RA (1998) Inhibition of Na+, K+-ATPase by the cardenolide 6'-O-(E-4-hydroxycinnamoyl) desglucouzarin. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 251, 256-9. Contact: Dep. Chem. and Physics, Lousiana State Univ. Shreveport, Shreveport, LA 71115, USA

 

Lynch SP, Martin RA (1993) Milkweed host plant utilization and cardenolide sequestration by monarch butterflies in Louisiana and Texas. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series 0, 107-23. Contact: Lynch, Steven P. ; Dep. Biol. Sci., La. State Univ., Shreveport, LA 71115, USA

 

Martin RA, Lynch SP, Schmitz FJ, Pordesimo EO, Toth S, Horton RY (1991) Cardenolides from Asclepias-Asperula-Ssp-Capricornu and Asclepias-Viridis. Phytochemistry (Oxford) 30, 3935-40. Contact: MARTIN R A ; DEP CHEM, LOUISIANA STATE UNIV SHREVEPORT, SHREVEPORT, LA 71115, USA

 

Van Hook T, Zalucki MP (1991) Oviposition by Danaus-Plexippus Nymphalidae Danainae on Asclepias-Viridis in Northern Florida. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 45, 215-21. Contact: VAN HOOK T ; DEP GENTICS MICROBIOL, UNIVERSITY LIVERPOOL L69 3BX, ENGLAND, UK

 

Kaul RB, Rolfsmeier SB, Esch JJ (1990) The Distribution and Reproduction Phenology of the Milkweeds Asclepiadaceae Asclepias and Cynanchum in Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 18, 127-40. Contact: KAUL R B ; SCH BIOL SCI, UNIV NEBR-LINCOLN, LINCOLN, NEBR 68588-0118, USA

 

Rolfsmeier SB, Kaul RB, Sutherland DM (1990) New and Corrected Floristic Records for Nebraska 4. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 18, 141-50. Contact: ROLFSMEIER S B ; SCH BIOL SCI, UNIV NEBR-LINCOLN, LINCOLN, NEBR 68588-0118, USA

 

Kelley BD, Appelt GD, Appelt JM (1988) Pharmacological Aspects of Selected Herbs Employed in Hispanic Folk Medicine in the San Luis Valley of Colorado USA Ii. Asclepias-Asperula Inmortal and Achillea-Lanulosa Plumajillo. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 22, 1-10. Contact: KELLEY B D ; SCH PHARM, UNIV COLO, BOULDER, COLO 80309, USA

 

Martin RA, Lynch SP (1988) Cardenolide Content and Thin-Layer Chromatography Profiles of Monarch Butterflies Danaus-Plexippus L. And Their Larval Host-Plant Milkweed Asclepias-Asperula-Ssp-Capricornu Woods. In North Central Texas USA. Journal of Chemical Ecology 14, 295-318. Contact: MARTIN R A ; DEP CHEM, LA STATE UNIV, SHREVEPORT, LA 71115, USA

 

Reveal JL (1972) Comments on 2 Names in an Early Utah Flora. Great Basin Naturalist 32, 221-2.

 

Woodson RE (1944) Notes on some North American asclepiads. Ann Missouri Bot Gard 31, 363-70. Contact: Missouri Bot. Gard.

 

Stiles GW (1942) Poisoning of turkey poults from whorled milkweed (Asclepias galioides). Poultry Sci 21, 263-70. Contact: U. S. Dept. Agric, Denver, Colo.

 

Gagnepain F (1926) New species of Artocarpus from Indochina. Bull Soc Bot France 73, 86-91.

 

 

 

 


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