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Nigella spp.: In Vitro Culture, Regeneration, and the Formation of Secondary Metabolites

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants III

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The genus Nigella belongs to the family Ranunculaceae and includes about 20 species. Assignation to the genus Nigella changed repeatedly during the last century; some selected species are listed in Table 1. Nigella species are located mainly in the Middle East and the Mediterranean region. A characteristic description of the Nigella species can be found in Tutin et al. 1964, Rechinger 1964, Davis et al. 1965.

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Schmauder, HP., Doebel, P. (1991). Nigella spp.: In Vitro Culture, Regeneration, and the Formation of Secondary Metabolites. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84071-5_19

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