A new report of phytomelanin in cypselae of Vernonieae: the case of the type species of Lychnophora Mart
Abstract Phytomelanin is a mechanically hard, blackish, and inert substance rarely found in plants. In Asteraceae, this substance was historically associated with the Heliantheae alliance, but recent studies have observed it in unrelated groups as Heterocoma and Wunderlichia. During a taxonomic inve...
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Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências |
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