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Studies in the genusCymbopogon spreng

II. Chemocytotaxonomic studies in Indian Cymbopogons

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15 species have been investigated for oil contents and their chemical constituents in relation to their cytological make-up. The three series ofCymbopogon were found to have different chemical constituents in their oils. Specific chemical compounds have been assigned as markers of each series. Piperitone being found only in theSchoenanthi while geraniol is dominant in theRusa and citronellal or citral in theCitrati. Polyploid races have been found to have more than one of these markers. Nature of their oils has been correlated with cytological observations, and evidences for their allopolyploid origin have been put forward. The polyploid races within species range have been found rich in their oil contents.

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  1. Post-Graduate Department of Botany, D.A.V. College, Dehra Dun

    Bal Krishan Gupta

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Communicated by Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal,f.a.sc.

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Gupta, B.K. Studies in the genusCymbopogon spreng. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 70, 241–247 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052230

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