The Flavonoid Systematics of the Genus Dahlia (Compositae). Mem (26)2 TEA Hydrophyllaceae

Hydrophyllaceae

gender and colonialism

This revision of section Dichromena includes keys

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and Zanthoxylum

The Flavonoid Systematics of the Genus Dahlia (Compositae). Mem (26)2 TEA HydrophyllaceaeDahlia (Compositae) is best known by its various cultivated forms of D. variabilis i>. Because of their ready availability and great variation in flower color, these cultivars have been the subjects of numerous studies on the analysis of flavonoid pigments they produce. Dahlia actually consists of a large number of extant species endemic to Mexico, Central America, and northernmost South America. Yet, until now, no study of flavonoids in these taxa