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PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF ABIETANE‐TYPE DITERPENOIDS IN SALVIA SECT. ERYTHROSTACHYS (LAMIACEAE)
Author(s) -
Ramamoorthy T. P.,
Esquivel Baldomero,
Sánchez Ana Adela,
RodríguezHahn Lydia
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222095
Subject(s) - lamiaceae , salvia , abietane , subgenus , biology , botany , traditional medicine , genus , terpenoid , medicine
Summary The presence of abietane derived diterpenoids in a few members of the large American Salvia subgenus Calosphace suggests that it may have differentiated from groups ancestral to the Old World salvias or even prior to the differentiation of the groups in Salvia.