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Flavonoids of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Bruce A. Bohm

    1. Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  2. Tod F. Stuessy

    1. Department of Higher Plant Systematics and Evolution, Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • Presents for the first time the efficacy of flavonoids in a major family of flowering plants

  • Interpretative synthesis of more than 2500 published reports, in comparison with new phylogenetic studies based on morphology and DNA data

  • Introductory chapters on basic aspects of flavonoid structure, biosynthesis, and function, and on classification, evolution and biogeography of Asteraceae

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to the Sunflower Family

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Biology and Distribution

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 3-17

    3. Classification, Phylogeny, and Biogeography

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      Pages 18-46

  3. Introduction to the Flavonoids

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. The Use of Flavonoids as Taxonomic Markers

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      Pages 49-63

    3. Structural Variation of the Flavonoids of Asteraceae

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      Pages 64-122

    4. Biosynthesis of Flavonoids

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 123-134

    5. Biological Functions of Flavonoids

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 135-144

  4. Flavonoid Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Flavonoids of Anthemideae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 147-182

    3. Flavonoids of Astereae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 183-211

    4. Flavonoids of Calenduleae and Cardueae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 212-230

    5. Flavonoids of Eupatorieae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 231-251

    6. Flavonoids of Heliantheae s.l.

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      Pages 252-303

    7. Flavonoids of Inuleae s.l.

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 304-327

    8. Flavonoids of Lactuceae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 328-339

    9. Flavonoids of Mutisieae and Barnadesioideae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 340-346

    10. Flavonoids of Senecioneae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 347-353

    11. Flavonoids of Tageteae

      • Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy
      Pages 354-359
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About this book

Flavonoids are secondary plant products that have previously been shown to be helpful in determining relationships among plant groups. This work presents comprehensively the occurrence, patterns of variation, and systematic and evolutionary importance of flavonoids in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), the largest family of flowering plants (23,000 species). It gathers together the more than 2500 reports of flavonoids in Asteraceae published between 1950 to the present and interprets these data in context of new taxonomic (especially generic) alignments. The authors discuss flavonoid patterns with reference to modern phylogenetic studies based on morphology and DNA data. This book provides, therefore, the most exhaustive synthesis and evaluation of the systematic and evolutionary import of flavonoids ever accomplished for any large family of angiosperms.

Reviews

"This book is unique in providing the first comprehensive compilation of available flavanoid data for a large plant family, in this case the Asteraceae ... it will provide an invaluable source of references to the enormous number of flavanoid constituents discovered in the family during the chemosystematic investigations carried out over the last ca. 40 years ...” Phytochemistry 58 (2001)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Botany Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Bruce A. Bohm

  • Department of Higher Plant Systematics and Evolution, Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Tod F. Stuessy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Flavonoids of the Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

  • Authors: Bruce A. Bohm, Tod F. Stuessy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6181-4

  • Publisher: Springer Vienna

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag/Wien 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-211-83479-4Published: 15 March 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-6181-4Published: 27 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 840

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Chemistry/Food Science, general

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