biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 44:423-425, 2001 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1012419532417

Chlorophyll Content in Some Cultivated and Wild Species of the Family Lamiaceae

M. Castrillo1, D. Vizcaino1, E. Moreno1, Z. Latorraca1
1 Departmento de Biología de Organismos, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

Chlorophyll (Chl) a, b and (a+b) contents were measured in eleven cultivated and wild species of Lamiaceae collected from different environments. In nine of these eleven species, belonging to the subfamily Nepetoidea, the Chl a/b ratio was low. This suggests a prevailing shade aspect, regardless of collection sites and cultivated or wild origin.

Keywords: Hyptis pectinata; Hyptis sinuata; Leonorus japonicus; Ocimum basilicum; Ocimum campechianum; Origanum majorana; Plecthranthus amboinicus; Plecthranthus scutellaroides; Rosmarinus officinalis; Salvia officinalis; Scutellaria purpurascens
Subjects: chlorophylls, in cultivated and wild species; Hyptis pectinata; Hyptis sinuata; Leonorus japonicus; Ocimum basilicum; Ocimum campechianum; Origanum majorana; Plecthranthus amboinicus; Plecthranthus scutellaroides; Rosmarinus officinalis; Salvia officinalis; Scutellaria purpurascens

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Castrillo, M., Vizcaino, D., Moreno, E., & Latorraca, Z. (2001). Chlorophyll Content in Some Cultivated and Wild Species of the Family Lamiaceae. Biologia plantarum, 44(3), 423-425. doi: 10.1023/A:1012419532417
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