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Aspidistra elatior

Popularity of Aspidistra elatior over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Aspidistra elatior (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 Aspidistra elatior 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

 

Conran JG, Bradbury JH (2007) Aspidistras, amphipods and Oz: Niche opportunism between strangers in a strange land. Plant Species Biology 22, 41-8. Contact: Conran, John G. ; Univ Adelaide, Sch Earth and Environm Sci, Ctr Evolutionary Biol and Biodivers, DP312, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

 

Irschick DJ, Carlisle E, Elstrott J, Ramos M, Buckley C, Vanhooydonck B, Meyers J, Herrel A (2005) A comparison of habitat use, morphology, clinging performance and escape behaviour among two divergent green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85, 223-34. Contact: Irschick, Duncan J. ; Tulane Univ, Dept Ecol and Evolutionary Biol, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA

 

Moran S, Gotlib Y, Yaakov B (2004) Management of land snails in cut green ornamentals by copper hydroxide formulations. Crop Protection 23, 647-50. Contact: Moran, Shmuel ; Plant Protect and Inspect Serv, Minist Agr and Rural Dev, POB 78, IL-50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

 

Yamashita J, Tamura MN (2004) Phylogenetic analyses and chromosome evolution in Convallarieae (Ruscaceae sensu lato), with some taxonomic treatments. Journal of Plant Research 117, 363-70. Contact: Tamura, Minoru N.; Grad Sch SciBot Gardens, Osaka City Univ, 2000 Kisaichi, Osaka, 5760004, Japan

 

Yildirim BT, Gulgun B (2004) Preservation of ornamental plant materials with glycerine. Bangladesh Journal of Botany 33, 115-9. Contact: Yildirim, Birisci Thanay ; Fac AgrDept Landscape Architecture, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Univ, Campus Terzioglu, TR-17020, Canakkale, Turkey

 

Arnautov NN (2002) New species of Aspidistra (Convallariaceae) for flora of Vietnam. Botanicheskii Zhurnal (St. Petersburg) 87, 123-5.

 

Dingle P, Tapsell P, Hu S (2000) Reducing formaldehyde exposure in office environments using plants. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 64, 302-8. Contact: Tapsell, P. ; School of Environmental Science, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia

 

Yang Q-X, Yang C-R (2000) Steroidal constituents of Aspidistra elatior from Yongshan, Yunnan. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 22, 109-15. Contact: Yang Chong-Ren; Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, China

 

Schreiber L, Hartmann K, Skrabs M, Zeier J (1999) Apoplastic barriers in roots: Chemical composition of endodermal and hypodermal cell walls. Journal of Experimental Botany 50, 1267-80. Contact: Schreiber, Lukas ; Botanik II, Julius-von-Sachs-Institut fuer Biowissenschaften, Universitaet Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 3, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, D-97082, Wuerzburg, Germany

 

Zeier J, Schreiber L (1998) Comparative investigation of primary and tertiary endodermal cell walls isolated from the roots of five monocotyledonous species: Chemical composition in relation to fine structure. Planta (Berlin) 206, 349-61. Contact: Schreiber, Lukas; Julius-von-Saches-Institut fur Biowissenschaften, Lehrstuhl fuer Botanik II, Univ. Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 3, D-97082 Wuerzburg, Germany

 

Koketsu M, Kim M, Yamamoto T (1996) Antifungal activity against food-borne fungi of Aspidistra elatior blume. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44, 301-3. Contact: Koketsu, Mamoru ; Central Res. Lab., Taiyo Kagaku Co. Ltd., 1-3 Takaramachi, Yokkaichi, Mie 510, Japan

 

Stamps RH (1995) Effects of shade level and fertilizer rate on yield and vase life of Aspidistra elatior 'Variegata' leaves. Journal of Environmental Horticulture 13, 137-9. Contact: Univ. Fla., Inst. Food and Agric. Sci., Central Fla. Res. and Educ. Cent., 2807 Binion Road, Apopka, FL 32703, USA

 

Chen C-X, Zhou J (1994) Steroidal saponins from Aspidistra elatior. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 16, 397-400. Contact: Lab. Phytochem., Kunming Inst. Bot., Chinese Acad. Sci., Kunming 650204, China

 

Konishi T, Kiyosawa S, Shoji J (1984) Studies on the Constituents of Aspidistra-Elatior 2. Steroidal Glycosides of the Leaves. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Tokyo) 32, 1451-60. Contact: KONISHI T ; SCH PHARM SCI, SHOWA UNIV, HATANODAI, SHINAGAWA-KU, TOKYO 142, JPN

 

Hirai Y, Konishi T, Sanada S, Ida Y, Shoji J (1982) The Constituents of Aspidistra-Elatior 1. The Steroids of the Underground Part. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Tokyo) 30, 3476-84. Contact: HIRAI Y ; SCH PHARMACEUTICAL SCI, SHOWA UNIV, HATANODAI, SHINAGAWA-KU, TOKYO 142, JPN

 

Hasegawa T, Takano S, Suzuki T (1981) Studies on the Anti Microbial Components of the Cast-Iron Plant Aspidistra-Elatior 1. The Anti Microbial Activity of the Rootstock Components. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku, 42-7. Contact: HASEGAWA T ; LABORATORY BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, DEP AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, TOKYO UNIV AGRICULTURE

 

Kaneta M, Hikichi H, Endo S, Sugiyama N (1980) Identification of Flavones in 13 Liliaceae Species. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 44, 1405-6. Contact: KANETA M ; FUKUSHIMA TECH COLL, IWAKI, FUKUSHIMA, JPN

 

Stewart RN, Dermen H (1979) Ontogeny in Monocotyledons as Revealed by Studies of the Developmental Anatomy of Periclinal Chloroplast Chimeras. American Journal of Botany 66, 47-58. Contact: STEWART R N ; US AGRIC RES, SCI EDUC ADM, BELTSVILLE, MD 20705, USA

 

Thomas JB, Kleinen Hammans JW, Verwer W (1977) On the Quantitative Relationship between Chlorophyll B and the Chlorophyll a Form Chlorophyll a-685 in the Light Harvesting Pigment Protein Complex of Chloroplasts. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 26, 377-83. Contact: THOMAS J B ; BIOPHYS RES GROUP, INST EXP PHYS, STATE UNIV, SORBONNELAAN 4, UTRECHT, NETH

 

Hammans JWK, Thomas JB (1976) On the Correlation between the Amounts of Chlorophyll B and Chlorophyll a Forms in Various Plants. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 25, 63-9.

 

Kotlyar BZ (1974) The Role of the Crystal System with Rotational Globular Formations in Cells of Vascular System in Aspidistra-Elatior Leaves. Ukrayins'kyi Botanichnyi Zhurnal 31, 373-5.

 

Mori Y, Kawasaki T (1973) A New Diosgenin Glycoside Aspidistrin from Aspidistra-Elatior. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Tokyo) 21, 224-7.

 

Keerberg H, Keerberg O, Parnik T, Viil J, Vark E (1971) Carbon Di Oxide Assimilation by Phaseolus-D and Aspidistra-M Leaves under Varying Density of Blue and Red Radiant Flux. Photosynthetica (Prague) 5, 99-106.

 

Gold VM (1969) Some Ecological Physiological Features of the Action Spectrum of Photosynthesis at Light Saturation. Soviet Plant Physiology 16, 495-501.

 

Saenko GN, Karyakin AV, Krauya VE, Farafonov MM (1968) Distribution of Some Metals in Plants Inst Spectral Analysis Primula-Obconica-D Elodea-Canadensis-M Trifolium-Repens-D Aspidistra-Elatior-D. Fiziologiya Rastenii (Moscow) 15, 139-44.

 

Thomas JB, Nijhuis HH (1968) Relative stability of chlorophyll complexes in vivo. Biochim Biophys Acta 153, 868-77. Contact: Inst. Phys., State Univ., Utrecht, Neth.

 

Thomas JB, Van Der Wal UP (1964) Absorption responses of chlorophyll in vivo to treatment with acetone. Biochim Biophys Acta 79, 490-9. Contact: Inst. Phys., State Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands

 

Thomas JB (1962) Structure of the red absorption band of chlorophyll a in Aspidistra elatior. Biochim Et Biophys Acta 59, 202-10. Contact: Phys. Inst. State Univ., Utrecht, Netherlands

 

Voskresenskaya NP (1962) Dependence of the absorption of oxygen by green and non-green leaves on the intensity and spectral composition of the light The physiology of woody plants Referat. Zhur., Biol., 1963, No. 4G12. (Translation). In 'Dependence of the absorption of oxygen by green and non-green leaves on the intensity and spectral composition of the light The physiology of woody plants' pp. 150-9. (Akad. Nauk SSSR)

 

Franz R (1958) No English Title Available. Protoplasma 49, 197-225. Contact: Pflanzenphysiol. Inst. U. Vienna, Austria

 

Erwin S, Sjostrand FS (1955) The ultrastructure of chloro-plasts. Exptl Cell Res 8, 15-23. Contact: Karolinska Inst., Stockholm

 

Gerola FM (1955) Investigations on the cytology and physiology of segregation. II. Raphide containing cells. Caryologia 7, 114-44.

 

Lawrence GHM (1955) Aspidistra elatior. Baileya 3.

 

Anonymous (1954) 100 house plant portraits. Plants and Gardens 10, 196-225.

 

Leyon H (1953) The structure of chloroplasts. An electron microscopical investigation of sections. Exptl Cell Res 4, 371-82. Contact: U. Uppsala, Sweden

 

Steinmann E (1952) An electron microscope study of the lamellar structure of chloroplasts. Exptl Cell Res 3, 367-72. Contact: Massachusetts Inst. Technol., Cambridge

 

Fishman M, Moyer LS (1942) The chlorophyll-protein complex. I. Elec-trophoretic properties and isoelectric point. Jour Gen Physiol 25, 755-64. Contact: U. Minnesota

 

Komorowska-Chmielewska S (1937) Uber die Raphidenzellen von Hyacinthus orientalis und Draceana draco. Acta Soc Bot Polon 14, 309-24.

 

Golaszewska Z (1934) Formation of pollen, and chromosome garniture, in A. elatior With Fr. summ. Acta Soc Bot Poloniae 11, 85-102.

 

Rischkow VL, Karatschew-Sky IK (1933) Chlorophyllmangel und Enzymwirkung. I. Kata-lasewirkung bei Panaschierung und Mosaikkrankheit. Beitr Biol Pflanzen 20, 199-220.

 

Gabrielsen EK (1931) Untersuchungen uber die Respirationsintenstat der Gewachshauspflanzen. Zeit Schr Wiss Biol Abt E Planta 14, 217-24.

 

Goette W (1931) Untersuchungen uber die Beeinflussung des anatomischen Baues einiger Liliaceen durch Standortsfaktoren und experimentelle Eingriffe "Blausaure-Begasung". Beitr Biol Pflanzen 19, 35-66.

 

Oudemans AC (1928) Acarologische Aanteekenin-gen. XCII-CXII. Acarological notes. Ent Ber [Netherlands] 7, 341-64.

 

Geiger MAX (1927) The gas exchange of an extreme shade plant and a method of studying it. Jahr Wiss Bot 67, 635-701.

 

Tehon LR, Daniels EY (1927) Notes on the parasitic fungi of Illinois long dash III. Mycologia 19, 110-29.

 

Thomas JB, Hammans JWK, Arnolds WJ (1565) Studies on the red absorption band of chlorophyll a in vivo Aspidistra elatior chloroplasts. Biochim Biophys Acta 102, 324-31. Contact: Inst. Phys., State Univ., Utrecht, Neth.

 

 

 

 


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