Topic
Disphyma
About: Disphyma is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6 publications have been published within this topic receiving 65 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: D-pinitol (an O-methyl inositol) is identified as a major soluble carbohydrate in the leaves and other parts of the parapara, Heimerliodendron brunonianum, of native coastal species of Nyctaginaceae, and the possibility that presence of pinitol contributes to the ecological behaviour of these native species, in conferring resistance to salinity stress, is discussed.
Abstract: D-pinitol (an O-methyl inositol) is identified as a major soluble carbohydrate in the leaves and other parts of the parapara, Heimerliodendron brunonianum. Leaves of two other members of the Nyctaginaceae, Mirabilis jalapa and Bougainvillea glabra, show the same feature; a high pinitol content may be a family characteristic. Four other native coastal species from three other plant families, Tetragonia trigyna, Disphyma australe, Carmichaelia aligera, and Spergularia marginata, also show pinitol as their major soluble carbohydrate in the leaves, but Euphorbia glauca does not. The possibility that presence of pinitol contributes to the ecological behaviour of these native species, in conferring resistance to salinity stress, is discussed.
25 citations
TL;DR: Hybrids between the endemic Disphyma australe and two adventive species of Carpobrotus, namely C. edulis and C. aequilaterus, occur naturally in coastal areas throughout New Zealand.
Abstract: Summary Hybrids between the endemic Disphyma australe and two adventive species of Carpobrotus, namely C. edulis and C. aequilaterus, occur naturally in coastal areas throughout New Zealand. The hybrids are highly sterile triploids. Both exhibit parental characters although in size and form they resemble Disphyma more closely.
19 citations
1 Jan 1988
TL;DR: An introduction to the Aizoaceae with particular emphasis on the subfamilies Mesembryanthemoideae and Ruschioideae is given and a detailed account of the complicated floral parts and fruits of the species of these groups is followed.
Abstract: An introduction is given to the Aizoaceae with particular emphasis on the subfamilies Mesembryanthemoideae and Ruschioideae. It is followed by a detailed account of the complicated floral parts and fruits of the species of these groups. A conspectus of the subfamilies and genera naturalized in the British Isles is followed by a key to the species. Accounts of the nomenclature, typification, morphology, distribution, habitat and reproductive biology of Aptenia cordifolia (L.fil.) Schwantes, Ruschia caroli (L. Bolus) Schwantes, Lampranthus roseus (Willd.) Schwantes, L. falciformis (Haw.) N .E.Br., Oscularia deltoides (L.) Schwantes, Disphyma crassifolium (L.) L. Bolus, Drosanthemum floribundum (Haw.) Schwantes, Erepsia heteropetala (Haw.) Schwantes, Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br. var. edulis, var. rubescens Druce, var. chrysophthalmus C. D. Preston & P. D. Sell, var. nov., and C. glaucescens (Haw.) Schwantes, follow. An Appendix by R. D. rOns gives the chromosome numbers.
19 citations
TL;DR: Two new species of Disphyma are separated, one of which is found throughout southern Australia and Tasmania; and D. papillatum sp.
Abstract: Summary Two new species of Disphyma are separated from Disphyma australe (Alt.) J. M. Black. Disphyma australe, as now circumscribed, occurs in New Zealand and in the Kermadec and Chatham Islands. Disphyma blackii sp. nov, is found throughout southern Australia and Tasmania; and D. papillatum sp. nov. is restricted to the Chatham Islands.
12 citations
TL;DR: Two subspecies of Disphyma australe are subdivided into two subspecies, namely ssp.
Abstract: Disphyma australe is subdivided into two subspecies, namely ssp. australe common on the main islands of New Zealand, and ssp. stricticaule endemic to the Kermadec Islands. Disphyma blackii Chinnock is reduced to synonymy witd D. clavellatum (Haw.) Chinnock comb, nov. (= Mesembryanthemum clavellatum Haw.).
6 citations
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| 1988 | 1 |
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