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Gunnera manicata

Popularity of Gunnera manicata over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Gunnera manicata (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 Gunnera manicata 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

 

De Craene LPR, Wanntorp L (2006) Evolution of floral characters in Gunnera (Gunneraceae). Systematic Botany 31, 671-88. Contact: De Craene, Louis P. Ronse ; Royal Bot Gdn Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Midlothian, UK

 

Ekman M, Tollback P, Klint J, Bergman B (2006) Protein expression profiles in an endosymbiotic cyanobacterium revealed by a proteomic approach. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19, 1251-61. Contact: Ekman, Martin ; Stockholm Univ, Dept Bot, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

 

Nilsson M, Rasmussen U, Bergman B (2006) Cyanobacterial chemotaxis to extracts of host and nonhost plants. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 55, 382-90. Contact: Rasmussen, Ulla ; Stockholm Univ, Dept Bot, Lilla Frescativagen 5, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

 

Chiu W-L, Peters GA, Levieille G, Still PC, Cousins S, Osborne B, Elhai J (2005) Nitrogen deprivation stimulates symbiotic gland development in Gunnera manicata. Plant Physiology (Rockville) 139, 224-30. Contact: Chiu, Wan- Ling ; Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Biol, Richmond, VA 23284 USA

 

Seago JL, Jr., Marsh LC, Stevens KJ, Soukup A, Votrubova O, Enstone DE (2005) A re-examination of the root cortex in wetland flowering plants with respect to aerenchyma. Annals of Botany (London) 96, 565-79. Contact: Seago, James L. Jr ; SUNY, Dept Biol, Oswego, NY 13126 USA

 

Wanntorp L, De Craene LPR (2005) The Gunnera flower: Key to eudicot diversification or response to pollination mode? International Journal of Plant Sciences 166, 945-53. Contact: Wanntorp, Livia ; Univ Munich, Inst Systemat Bot, Menzinger Str 67, D-80638 Munich, Germany

 

Lizcano DJ, Cavelier J (2004) Chemical characteristics of salt licks and feeding habits of mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) in the Central Andes of Colombia. Mastozoologia Neotropical 11, 193-201. Contact: Lizcano, Diego J. ; Univ Los Andes, Dept Ciencias Biol, Lab Ecol Vegetal, Carrera 1 18A-70, Bogota, Colombia

 

Rutishauser R, Wanntorp L, Pfeifer E (2004) Gunnera herteri - developmental morphology of a dwarf from Uruguay and S Brazil (Gunneraceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 248, 219-41. Contact: Rutishauser, R. ; Inst Systemat Bot, Univ Zurich, Zollikerstr 107, CH-8008, Zurich, Switzerland

 

Benson J, Margulis L (2002) The Gunnera manicata-Nostoc symbiosis: Is the red stipulate tissue symbiogenetic? Biology and Environment 102B, 45-8. Contact: Margulis, Lynn; Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01002, USA

 

Wanntorp L, Wanntorp H-E, Kallersjo M (2002) The identity of Gunnera manicata Linden ex Andre: Resolving a Brazilian-Colombian enigma. Taxon 51, 493-7. Contact: Wanntorp, Livia ; Botaniska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

 

Hanson L, McMahon KA, Johnson MAT, Bennett MD (2001) First nuclear DNA C-values for another 25 angiosperm families. Annals of Botany (London) 88, 851-8. Contact: Bennett, Michael D.; Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK

m.bennett@rbgkew.org.uk

 

Liaimer A, Matveyev A, Bergman B (2001) Isolation of host plant induced cDNAs from Nostoc sp. strain PCC 9229 forming symbiosis with the angiosperm Gunnera spp. Symbiosis 31, 293-307. Contact: Liaimer, Anton ; Department of Botany, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

anton.laimer@botan.su.se, amatveye@richmond.edu, bergmanb@botan.su.se

 

Uheda E, Silvester WB (2001) The role of papillae during the infection process in the Gunnera-Nostoc symbiosis. Plant and Cell Physiology 42, 780-3. Contact: Uheda, Eiji ; Research Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Osaka Prefecture, Gakuen-cho, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8570, Japan

uheda@riast.osakafu-u.ac.jp

 

Wilkinson HP (2000) A revision of the anatomy of Gunneraceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 134, 233-66. Contact: Wilkinson, Hazel P.; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

 

Jaeger KM, Johansson C, Kunz U, Lehmann H (1997) Sub-cellular element analysis of a cyanobacterium (Nostoc sp.) in symbiosis with Gunnera manicata by ESI and EELS. Botanica Acta 110, 151-7. Contact: Jaeger, Karin M. ; Kunz, Ulrike ; Botanisches Inst., Tieraerztliche Hochschule Hannover, Buenteweg 17d, D-30559 Hannover, Germany

 

Johansson C, Bergman B (1994) Reconstitution of the symbiosis of Gunnera manicata Linden: Cyanobacterial specificity. New Phytologist 126, 643-52. Contact: Dep. Botany, Stockholm Univ., S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

 

Johansson C, Bergman B (1992) Early events during the establishment of the Gunnera/Nostoc symbiosis. Planta (Heidelberg) 188, 403-13. Contact: Johansson, Christina ; Dep. Botany, Stockholm Univ., S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden

 

Johansson C, Bergman B (1991) Early Events During the Establishment of the Gunnera Nostoc Symbiosis. Physiologia Plantarum 82. Contact: JOHANSSON C ; DEP BOT, STOCKHOLM UNIV, S-10691 STOCKHOLM, SWED

 

Vagnoli L, Margheri MC, Allotta G, Materassi R (1991) Morphological and Physiological Characterization of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Cyanobacteria. In 'Polsinelli, M., R. Materassi and M. Vincenzini (Ed.). Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, Vol. 48. Nitrogen Fixation; Fifth International Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes, Florence, Italy, September 10-14, 1990. Xvii+678p. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, Netherlands; Norwell, Massachusetts, USA. Illus' pp. 571-2)

 

Zimmerman WJ, Bergman B (1990) The Gunnera Symbiosis DNA Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Protein Comparisons of Nostoc Symbionts. Microbial Ecology 19, 291-302. Contact: ZIMMERMAN W J ; DEP NATURAL SCI, UNIV MICH, DEARBORN, MICH 48128, USA

 

Doyle MF, Scogin R (1988) A Comparative Phytochemical Profile of the Gunneraceae. American Journal of Botany 75. Contact: DOYLE M F ; RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN, 1500 N COLLEGE AVE, CLAREMONT, CA 91711, USA

 

Doyle MF, Scogin R (1988) Leaf Phenolics of Gunnera-Manicata Gunneraceae. Aliso 12, 77-80. Contact: DOYLE M F ; RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN, CLAREMONT, CALIF 91711, USA

 

Dawson MI (1983) Chromosome Numbers of 3 South American Species of Gunnera Gunneraceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 21, 457-60. Contact: DAWSON M I; BOT DIV, DSIR, PRIVATE BAG, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND

 

Feige GB (1978) Photosynthetic Carbon-14 Labeling of Lipids Specific for Heterocysts in the Clusters of Blue-Green Algae from the Haloragaceae Gunnera-Manicata. Zeitschrift fuer Pflanzenphysiologie 87, 181-6. Contact: FEIGE G B; BOT INST, UNIV KOELN, GYRHOFSTR 15, D-5000 KOELN 41, W GER

 

Schaede R (1951) Symbiosis of blue-green algae with Gunnera. Planta 39, 154-70.

 

 

 

 


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