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Pflanzenstoffe und Pflanzensystematik

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Some recent trends in the chemotaxonomy of plants are reviewed. It is often difficult to judge the systematic significance of chemical characters, due mainly to our still incomplete knowledge about the distribution, biosynthesis and function of most phytoconstituents. Three patterns of distribution (fairly general occurrence, “asystematic” occurrence, clear-cut “systematic” occurrence) are distinguished. They enable us to analyze the taxonomic possibilities and limitations of natural products. Each of these patterns is illustrated and exemplified by a number of secondary metabolites of vascular plants.

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Hegnauer, R. Pflanzenstoffe und Pflanzensystematik. Naturwissenschaften 58, 585–598 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01185602

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