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Portulaca grandiflora Hook. and P. oleracea L.: Formation of Betalains and Unsaturated Fatty Acids

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 37))

Abstract

The genus Portulaca L. comprises some 100 species which are distributed in tropical, subtropical, and temperate areas of the world (von Poellnitz 1934). Several habitats were examined in detail (e.g., Legrand 1962; Geesink 1969), and new species are still being described (e.g., Gilbert 1992). The family Portulacaceae, which was named after this genus, belongs to nine or ten families of the order Caryophyllales (Centrospermae) which are characterized by the occurrence of betalains (Reznik 1975; Behnke 1976; Engel and Barthlott 1988).

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Böhm, H., Böhm, L. (1996). Portulaca grandiflora Hook. and P. oleracea L.: Formation of Betalains and Unsaturated Fatty Acids. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IX. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 37. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08618-6_20

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