Topic
Fallugia
About: Fallugia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6 publications have been published within this topic receiving 84 citations.
Papers
TL;DR: In the course of screening rhizosphere microflora of Sonoran desert plants for potential anticancer agents, an unidentified Penicillium sp.
Abstract: In the course of screening rhizosphere microflora of Sonoran desert plants for potential anticancer agents1,2), an unidentified Penicillium sp. (Trichonaceae) isolated from the rhizosphere of the apache plume (Fallugia paradoxa D. Don; Rosaceae) was found to produce several cytotoxic substances. Fractionation of the cytotoxic EtOAc extract led to the isolation of a new anthraquinone (1), a known anthraquinone (2), and cytotoxic curvularins, 3-5. This is the first report of the natural occurrence of 2. Curvularins 3-5 have been reported as metabolites of several fungi including Penicillium sp.3,4) This paper briefly describes the isolation of 1-5, structure elucidation of 1, and evaluation of 1-5 for their ability to inhibit the growth of three sentinel tumor cell lines. Materials and Methods
49 citations
TL;DR: Rates of photosynthesis and transpiration were highest in Prosopis throughout the study, and were relatively constant in Chilopsis during and after drought, whether water became available as channel flow or direct rainfall appeared to play a role in the physiology of these arroyo shrubs.
23 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined differences in the timing of flow events, soil water storage, and soil nutrients on gas-exchange rates of shrubs growing on arroyo margins and in adjacent piedmont areas in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico, USA.
20 citations
1 Jan 2008
TL;DR: The genus Fallugia contains a single species - Apache-plume, F. paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr. - found throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Abstract: The genus Fallugia contains a single species - Apache-plume, F. paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr. - found throughout the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It occurs mostly on coarse soils on benches and especially along washes and canyons in both warm and cool desert shrub communities and up into the pinyon-juniper vegetation type. It is a sprawling, much-branched shrub from 1 to 2.5 m in height that can root-sprout to produce extensive patches (Shaw and Monsen 1983). It has white to straw-colored, flaking or scaly bark and fascicles of small wedge-shaped leaves that are deeply divided into 3 to 7 lobes and are rusty-tomentose on the undersides. Apache-plume is reported to be evergreen in the warmer portions of its range (Shaw and Monsen 1983). It can be an important browse plant for both domestic and wild ungulates on some ranges and is also valuable for erosion control (Deitschman and others 1974). It is somewhat fire-tolerant, with the ability to resprout after burning (Shaw and Monsen 1983). Because of its handsome habit and showy flowers and fruits, it is used extensively for landscape plantings in the Southwest. It is hardy in areas far north of its natural range (Deitschman and others 1974; Shaw and Monsen 1983) and has potential for use in revegetation or as an ornamental over a wide geographic area.
2 citations
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| 2004 | 3 |
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