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A NOTE ON ELLAGITANNINS AS INDICATORS OF EVOLUTIONARY STATUS IN DICOTYLEDONS
Author(s) -
SPORNE KENNETH R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01427.x
Subject(s) - botany , tannin , biology , statistical analysis , evolutionary biology , mathematics , statistics
SUMMARY Statistical analysis confirms that, among dicotyledons, not only are leuco‐anthocyanins correlated with primitive characters but so, also, are ellagitannins. The most primitive dicotyledons, and especially those in tropical rain‐forests, tend to possess both kinds of tannin while the most advanced lack both kinds.