Citation
Ce. Lewis et S. Zona, A survey of cyanogenesis in palms (Arecaceae), BIOCH SYST, 28(3), 2000, pp. 219-228
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
ISSN journal
03051978
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Volume
28
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
219 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-1978(200003)28:3<219:ASOCIP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We surveyed leaf material of 545 individual palms representing 108 genera a
nd 155 species for cyanogenesis using the Feigl-Anger test. We detected HCN
production in only two species of one genus, Drymophloeus. Additional smal
ler surveys of shoot meristems and roots revealed cyanogenesis only in the
shoot meristem of one species of Dypsis, Our results indicate that cyanogen
esis is rather rare in the family. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All right
s reserved.