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Popularity of Asclepias procera over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Asclepias procera (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)]

Total Mentions (Biological Abstracts/Biosis Previews):

References

 

Al Nawaihi AS, Hassan SA, Elwan ZA (2006) Exomorphic seed characters of some species of the Apocynaceae s.l. in Egypt. Feddes Repertorium 117, 437-52. Contact: Hassan, S. A. ; Ain Shams Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Bot, Cairo 0101648952, Egypt

 

Goncalves ML (2002) Asclepiadaceae. In 'Asclepiadaceae' pp. 1-12. (Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical; Instituto Nacional de Investigacao e Desenvolvimento Agrario)

 

Viswanathan K (2000) Action of heavy metals on pollinial system of some asclepiads. Advances in Plant Sciences 13, 619-24. Contact: Viswanathan, K.; Department of Botany, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Coimbatore, TN, 641018, India

 

Haribal M, Renwick JAA (1998) Identification and distribution of oviposition stimulants for monarch butterflies in hosts and nonhosts. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24, 891-904. Contact: Haribal, Meena ; Boyce Thompson Inst., Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

 

Kartesz JT, Gandhi KN (1991) Nomenclatural Notes for the North American Flora Viii. Phytologia 71, 269-80. Contact: KARTESZ J T ; NC BOTANICAL GARDEN, DEP BIOL, COKER HALL, UNIV NC, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-3280, USA

 

Chaturvedi SK, Pant DD (1986) Further Studies in the Pollination of Some Indian Asclepiads. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 28, 23-30. Contact: CHATURVEDI S K ; DEP BOTANY, UNIV ALLAHABAD, ALLAHABAD

 

Radford DJ, Gillies AD, Hinds JA, Duffy P (1986) Naturally Occurring Cardiac Glycosides. Medical Journal of Australia 144, 540-4. Contact: RADFORD D J ; DEP OF CARDIOL AND CLINICAL CHEMISTRY, THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSP, CHERMSIDE, QLD 4032

 

Satija S, Goyal SC, Pillai A (1985) Seedling Anatomy of Some Asclepiadaceae. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences Plant Sciences 95, 147-52. Contact: SATIJA S ; DEP BOTANY, UNIV RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR 302 004, INDIA

 

Brower LP, Seiber JN, Nelson CJ, Lynch SP, Hoggard MP, Cohen JA (1984) Plant-Determined Variation in Cardenolide Content and Thin-Layer Chromatography Profiles of Monarch Butterflies Danaus-Plexippus Reared on Milkweed Plants in California USA 3. Asclepias-Californica. Journal of Chemical Ecology 10, 1823-58. Contact: BROWER L P ; DEP ZOOL, UNIV FLA, GAINESVILLE, FLA 32611, USA

 

Cheung HTA, Chiu FCK, Watson TR, Wells RJ (1983) Cardenolide Glycosides of the Asclepiadaceae New Glycosides from Asclepias-Fruticosa and the Stereochemistry of Uscharin Voruscharine and Calo Toxin. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions I, 2827-35. Contact: CHEUNG H T A ; DEP PHARMACY, UNIV SYDNEY, SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

 

Seiber JN, Nelson CJ, Lee SM (1982) Cardenolides in the Latex and Leaves of 7 Asclepias-Spp and Calotropis-Procera. Phytochemistry (Oxford) 21, 2343-8. Contact: SEIBER J N ; DEP ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOL, UNIV CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, CALIF 95616, USA

 

Nelson CJ, Seiber JN (1981) Occurrence of Cardenolides in Latex and Leaf Samples of 7 Asclepias-Spp Calotropis-Procera and Nerium-Oleander. Proceedings of the International Botanical Congress 13. Contact: NELSON C J ; DEP OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOL, UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, USA 95616

 

Blakley NR, Dingle H (1978) Competition Butterflies Eliminate Milkweed Bugs from a Caribbean Island. Oecologia (Berlin) 37, 133-6. Contact: BLAKLEY N R ; PROGRAM EVOL ECOL BEHAV, UNIV IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWA 52242, USA

 

Smith DAS (1978) The Effect of Cardiac Glycoside Storage on Growth Rate and Adult Size in the Butterfly Danaus-Chrysippus. Experientia (Basel) 34, 845-6. Contact: SMITH D A S; DEP BIOL, ETON COLL, WINDSOR SL4 6EW, BERKS, ENGL, UK

 

Inamdar JA, Patel KS, Patel RC (1973) Studies on Plasmodesmata in the Trichomes and Leaf Epidermis of Some Asclepiadaceae. Annals of Botany (London) 37, 657-60.

 

Reichstein T (1967) Cardenolides Cardiac Glycosides as Defense Poisons in Insects Poekilocerus-Bufonius Danaus-Plexippus Asclepias-Curassavica-D Calotropis-Procera-D Pergularia-Tomentosa-D. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 20, 499-511.

 

Ebbell B (1935) A contribution to the earliest history of leprosy. Internat Jour Leprosy 3, 257-63.

 

 


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