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Begonia heracleifolia

Popularity of Begonia heracleifolia over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Begonia heracleifolia (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 Begonia heracleifolia 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

 

Heinrich M (2003) Ethnobotany and natural products: The search for new molecules, new treatments of old diseases or a better understanding of indigenous cultures? Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 3, 141-54. Contact: Heinrich, Michael; Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, School of Pharmacy, Univ. London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, UK

 

Frei B, Heinrich M, Hermann D, Orjala JE, Schmitt J, Sticher O (1998) Phytochemical and biological investigation of Begonia heracleifolia. Planta Medica 64, 385-6. Contact: Sticher, Otto; Dep. Pharmacy, Swiss Federal Inst. Technol., ETH Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, CH-8057 Zuerich, Switzerland

 

Korn R (1996) Stomatal formation in seven species of Begonia (Begoniaceae). American Journal of Botany 83. Contact: Biol. Dep., Bellarmine Coll., Louisville, KY 40205, USA

 

Hoover WS (1986) Stomata and Stomatal Clusters in Begonia Ecological Response in Two Mexican Species. Biotropica 18, 16-21. Contact: HOOVER W S; MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, ST LOUIS, MO 63116, USA

 

Hoover WS (1979) Notes on Spatial Distribution Patterns for 3 Mexican Species of Begonia. Phytologia 43, 107-32. Contact: HOOVER W S; DIV BOT, METAMORPHOSIS UNLTD, WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS, USA

 

Subramanian D (1978) Chemo Taxonomical Studies in Begonia. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 57, 9-13. Contact: SUBRAMANIAN D; DEP BOT, ANNAMALAI UNIV, ANNAMALAINAGAR, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

 

Yusufov AG (1974) Regenerative Ability in Plants and Its Variability. Izvestiya Severo-Kavkazskogo Nauchnogo Tsentra Vysshei Shkoly Estestvennye Nauki 2, 80-1.

 

Merxmueller H, Leins P (1971) On the Development of Male Flowers in Begonia-D. Flora (Jena) 160, 333-9.

 

 

 

 


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