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Micromolecular Evolution, Systematics and Ecology

An Essay into a Novel Botanical Discipline

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  • © 1982

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  1. Otto Richard Gottlieb

    1. Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Allelochemics as Systematic Markers

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 1-5

  3. Postulates of Micromolecular Evolution

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 6-11

  4. Is Integration of Allelochemics and Morphology Systematically Relevant?

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 12-19

  5. Evolution of Flavonoids in Embryobionta

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 20-34

  6. Evolution of Allelochemics in Angiospermae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 35-46

  7. Evolution of Benzylisoquinolines in Magnoliiflorae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 47-54

  8. Evolution of Iridoids in Sympetalae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 55-61

  9. Evolution of Polyacetylenes in Sympetalae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 62-70

  10. Evolution of Indole Alkaloids in Apocynaceae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 71-77

  11. Evolution of Quinolones and Coumarins in Rutaceae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 78-88

  12. Evolution of Xanthones in Gentianaceae and Guttiferae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 89-95

  13. Chemosystematics of Papilionoideae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 96-111

  14. Evolution of Quinolizidines in Papilionoideae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 112-119

  15. Evolution of Flavonoids in Tephrosieae

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 120-129

  16. Evolution of Neolignans and Arylpyrones in Aniba

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 130-141

  17. Blue Flower Pigmentation and Evolutionary Advancement

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 142-148

  18. Is Integration of Allelochemics, Morphology, and Ecogeography Systematically Relevant?

    • Otto Richard Gottlieb
    Pages 149-151

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 152-170
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About this book

For several decades botanists have been impressed by the discovery that the distribution of secondary plant substances follows the general lines of plant relationships. However, it soon became clear that little was to be gained from the study of individual compounds and their natural distribu­ tion. Therefore, more comprehensive studies were attempt­ ed in which the secondary chemistry of a major plant group was carefully studied and evaluated in the broader context of comparative phytochemistry. Holger Erdtman's admir­ able work on Coniferae is the foremost example of this kind. Since then, there has been an upswing in the study of the biosynthesis of secondary plant substances and it has become quite customary to make use of biosynthetic knowledge in interpreting chemosystematic evidence. More­ over, since taxonomists have insisted that use be made of all potentially available evidence for building classifications, it has been claimed that chemosystematics too should con­ sider the whole array of constituents present in a major taxon. However, in practice it has proved difficult to utilize fully the potential of natural product chemistry and biosynthetic studies for plant systematics and evolution, because bota­ nists found themselves rather disorientated by the scattered, often hardly accessible chemical literature and the fact that the chemical evidence was difficult for them to evaluate! Although the pioneering work of E. C.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil

    Otto Richard Gottlieb

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Micromolecular Evolution, Systematics and Ecology

  • Book Subtitle: An Essay into a Novel Botanical Discipline

  • Authors: Otto Richard Gottlieb

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68641-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-11655-4Published: 01 August 1982

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-68641-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 172

  • Topics: Ecology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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