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POLYPHENOLICS OF THE MARSILEACEAE AND THEIR POSSIBLE PHYLOGENETIC UTILITY
Author(s) -
Wallace James W.,
Chapman Mary,
Sullivan Joe E.,
Bhardwaja Triloki N.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1984.tb14172.x
Subject(s) - biology , polyphenol , phylogenetic tree , botany , phylogenetics , fossil record , evolutionary biology , gene , genetics , biochemistry , antioxidant
Species of the Marsileaceae represent a unique group of pteridophytes of uncertain origin. The polyphenolic profiles of representative species, which include flavonol‐3‐O‐mono‐ and diglycosides, C‐glycosylflavones and C‐glycosylxanthones, have chemical features in common with the primitive leptosporangiate ferns, especially the Hymenophyllaceae. Intergeneric relationships in the family based on morphology, cytology, fossil evidence and polyphenolic profiles are discussed.