Abstract

A study of the hydrocarbon content of inflorescences of twenty-two tuber-bearing Solanum species has yielded results applicable to the taxonomy of this group. The alkanes, which occur as a portion of the waxy coating on the surface of the plant parts, were purified and the relative amounts of the various components determined using gas-liquid chromatography. All species examined were found to contain both branched (C 25C 32) and normal (C 25C 31) components.

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