Variability in essential oils and needle resin canals of Pinus longaeva from Eastern California and Western Nevada in relation to other members of subsection Balfourianae |
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Authors: | Eugene Zavarin Karel Snajberk Dana K. Bailey Edwin C. Rockwell |
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Affiliation: | University of California Forests Products Laboratory, Richmond, CA 94804, USA;University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO 80309, USA;U.S. Forest Service Inyo National Forest Bishop CA 93514 USA |
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Abstract: | Mono- and sesquiterpenoids from wood and leaves of Pinus longaeva trees collected in various localities of eastern California and western Nevada were quantitatively analyzed by GLC. Concurrently the number and size of resin canals in foliage of the same trees and as well as Pinus aristata trees from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico were determined. While some monoterpenes (mainly α-pinene and 3-carene) suggest that P. longaeva trees from the Panamint Mountains of California are P. aristata-like, the total chemical data and morphological data indicate that Panamint trees should be grouped with P. longaeva. A chemical latitudinal gradient is evidenced by the appearance of trees producing 3-carene in large amounts along the line joining the Panamint, Inyo and White Mountains of California. Pinus rzedowskii, well separated geographically and morphologically from the accepted members of subsection Balfourianae, is shown to be sufficiently distinct chemically, as to leave its suggested membership in the subsection an open question. |
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Keywords: | Pinus longaeva Pinus aristata Pinus balfouriana bristle-cone pine monoterpenoids sesquiterpenoids leaf morphology gas-liquid chromatography |
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