The taxonomy and phytochemistry of the Asclepiadaceae in tropical Asia
Subtitle: Proceedings of BOTANY 2000 ASIA International Seminar and Workshop, Malacca, June 1994
By: edited by Ruth Kiew
Publisher: The Herbarium, Department of Biology, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia and BOTANY 200 ASIA
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Selangor, Malaysia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Asclepiadaceae; Classification; Congresses; Identification; Botanical chemistry
Table of contents: title: 1. The current state of knowledge of tropical Asian Aselepiadaceae / M.A. Rahman; title: 2. Taxonomic perspective on Indian Asclepiadaceae / K. Swarupanadan; title: 3. Phytochemistry of Indian Asclepiadaceae / Desh Deepak; title: 4. Insect behaviour and modes of pollination in asclepiads growing in India / S.K. Chaturvedi and Shonali Chaturvedi; title: 5. The circumscription of Cynamchum, Asclepiadaceae, in taxonomic and pharmacognostic studies on the Chinese medicianl herbs Baiqian and Baiwei / Xie Zongwan; title: 6. The Asclepiodaceae of central Myanmar / Nyo Maung; title: 7. The genus Hoya in Thailand / Obchant Thaithong; title: 8. Antgarden and ant-tree associations involving Dischidia (Asclepiodaceae) in Peningular Malaysia / Ruth Kiew and S. Anthonysamy.