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Torreya californica

Popularity of Torreya californica over time

[Plots of numbers of papers mentioning Torreya californica (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 Torreya californica 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

 

Zernov AS (2003) Materials for the flora of Russian Western Caucasus. Part 3. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 108, 92-3.

 

Destaillats F, Angers P, Wolff RL, Arul J (2001) Regiospecific analysis of conifer seed triacylglycerols by gas-liquid chromatography with particular emphasis on DELTA5-olefinic acids. Lipids 36, 1247-54. Contact: Wolff, Robert L. ; INRA-UNL, 17 rue Sully, 21065, Dijon Cedex, France

wolff@dijon.inra.fr

 

Li J, Davis CC, Donoghue MJ, Kelley S, Del Tredici P (2001) Phylogenetic relationships of Torreya (Taxaceae) inferred from sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA its region. Harvard Papers in Botany 6, 275-81. Contact: Li, Jianhua ; Kelley, Susan ; Del Tredici, Peter; Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA, 02130, USA

 

Mundry I, Mundry M (2001) Male cones in taxaceae s.l.: An example of Wettstein's pseudanthium concept. Plant Biology (Stuttgart) 3, 405-16. Contact: Mundry, I. ; Spezielle Botanik, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, NDEF 05/774, 44780, Bochum, Germany

Iris.Mundry@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

 

van Rozendaal ELM, Lelyveld GP, van Beek TA (2000) Screening of the needles of different yew species and cultivars for paclitaxel and related taxoids. Phytochemistry (Oxford) 53, 383-9. Contact: van Rozendaal, Erik L. M. ; Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Phytochemical Section, Wageningen Agricultural University, Dreijenplein 8, 6703 HB, Wageningen, Netherlands

 

Ahlers F, Lambert J, Wiermann R (1999) Structural elements of Sporopollenin from the pollen of Torreya californica Torr. (Gymnospermae): Using the 1H-NMR technique. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C Journal of Biosciences 54, 492-5. Contact: Wiermann, Rolf; Institut fuer Botanik, Schlossgarten 3, D-48149, Muenster, Germany

 

Schwartz MW, Hermann SM (1999) Is slow growth of the endangered Torreya taxifolia (Arn.) normal? Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126, 307-12. Contact: Schwartz, Mark W. ; Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

 

Stuetzel T, Roewekamp I (1999) Female reproductive structures in Taxales. Flora (Jena) 194, 145-57. Contact: Stuetzel, Thomas ; Roewekamp, Iris; Lehrstuhl Spezielle Botanik, Fakultaet fuer Biologie, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, 44780, Bochum 1, Germany

 

Lin J, Hu Y (1998) Taxonomic significance of extracellular crystals on the phloem fibres of Taxaceae. Flora (Jena) 193, 173-8. Contact: Lin, Jinxing ; Abt. Pflanzenzuchtung Ertragsphysiologie, Max-Planck Inst. Zuechtungsforschung, D-50829 Koeln, Germany

 

Ahuja MR, Devey ME, Groover AT, Jermstad KD, Neale DB (1994) Mapped DNA probes from loblolly pine can be used for restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping in other conifers. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 88, 279-82. Contact: Neale, D. B.; Inst. Forest Genetics, Pacific Southwest Res. Stn., USDA Forest Serv., 2480 Carson Rd., Placerville, CA 95667, USA

 

Hils MH (1993) Taxaceae Gray: Yew family. In 'Flora of North America north of Mexico, Vol. 2; Pteridophytes and gymnosperms' pp. 423-7. (Oxford University Press Inc.; Oxford University Press)

 

Sugihara Y (1985) Proembryogeny in Torreya. Journal of Japanese Botany 60, 49-52. Contact: SUGIHARA Y; 2-29-102, TAKESHIRODAI 1-CHO, SAKAI-SHI, OSAKA, 590-01

 

Lotova LI (1979) Anatomy of the Bark of Taxaceae Cephalotaxaceae and Podocarpaceae. Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin 34, 1-10. Contact: LOTOVA L I; DEP HIGHER PLANTS, VESTNIK MOSKOVSKOGO UNIV, MOSCOW, USSR

 

Lotova LI (1979) The Bark Structure of Taxaceae Cephalotaxaceae and Podocarpaceae. Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta Seriya XVI Biologiya, 3-13. Contact: LOTOVA L I; DEP HIGH PLANTS, MOSC STATE UNIV, MOSCOW, USSR

 

Burke JG (1975) Human Use of the California Nutmeg Tree Torreya-Californica and of Other Members of the Genus. Economic Botany 29, 127-39.

 

Arbegast MK (1959) Plant selections for landscape use in California. Jour California Hort Soc 20, 90-4. Contact: U. California, Berkeley

 

Kemp M (1959) Morphological and ontogenetic studies on Torreya californica. II. Development of the megasporangiate shoot prior to pollination. Amer Jour Bot 46, 249-61. Contact: Smith Coll, Northampton, Mass.

 

Mirov NT, Blankensop M (1958) A note on propagation of Torreya californica. Jour California Hort Soc 19.

 

Baxter DV (1949) Some resupinate polypores from the region of the Great Lakes. XIX. Papers Michigan Acad Sci Arts and Lett 33, 9-30. Contact: U.. Michigan, Ann Arbor

 

Kemp M (1943) Morphological and ontogenetic studies on Torreya californica. Torr. I. The vegetative apex of the mega-sporangiate tree. Amer Jour Bot 30, 504-17. Contact: Smith Coll., Northampton, Mass.

 

Smith C (1942) Crown gall on species of Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, and Pinaceae as determined by artificial inoculation. Phyto Path 32, 1005-9. Contact: U. California Citrus Exp. Sta., Riverside

 

Buchholz JT (1940) The embryogeny of Torreya, with a note on Austrotaxus. Bull Torrey Bot Club 67, 731-54.

 

Wilson A (1938) The California nutmeg tree in cultivation. Madrono 4, 166-7.

 

 

 

 


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