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Relationships between plants relevant to allergy
Author(s) -
Watson Leslie,
Wrigley Colin W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb133030.x
Subject(s) - pollen , allergy , ingestion , range (aeronautics) , food allergy , wheat allergy , biology , botany , immunology , engineering , biochemistry , aerospace engineering
This article gives background information on the taxonomic relationships between plants, for clinicians, patients and students of allergy. A list is provided of plants considered potentially allergenic either by inhalation of pollen or by ingestion of grain products. Distributions in Australia of plant species important in assessing pollen‐related allergy, and the range of foodstuffs that contain cereal‐grain protein, are also indicated. Particular emphasis is placed on the grasses because of their importance as producers of both grain and pollen.