| animal pigment bilirubin discovered in plants. | the bile pigment bilirubin-ixalpha is the degradative product of heme, distributed among mammals and some other vertebrates. it can be recognized as the pigment responsible for the yellow color of jaundice and healing bruises. in this paper we present the first example of the isolation of bilirubin in plants. the compound was isolated from the brilliant orange-colored arils of strelitzia nicolai, the white bird of paradise tree, and characterized by hplc-esms, uv-visible, (1)h nmr, and (13)c nmr ... | 2009 | 19206232 |
| fungal planet description sheets: 400-468. | novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from australia: vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, mulderomyces natalis (incl. mulderomyces gen. nov.), fusicladium paraamoenum, neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of eucalyptus spp., anungitea grevilleae (on leaves of grevillea sp.), pyrenochaeta acaciae (on leaves of acacia sp.), and brunneocarpos banksiae (incl. brunneocarpos gen. nov.) on cones of banksia attenuata. novel foli ... | 2016 | 27616795 |
| sunbird pollination of strelitzia nicolai. | the role of sunbirds (nectariniidae) in the pollination ecology of strelitzia nicolai (musaceae) was studied for one year in a coastal dune forest in zululand, south africa. it was found that s. nicolai produced large quantities of low quality nectar (1.74 j/μl); that nectar production was highest during the day-time; and that the flowers displayed several characteristics attractive to bird-visitors. the flowers were large, conspicuous and provided the birds with a perch, facilitating easy acces ... | 1981 | 28310001 |
| fungal planet description sheets: 281-319. | novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from south africa: alanphillipsia aloeicola from aloe sp., arxiella dolichandrae from dolichandra unguiscati, ganoderma austroafricanum from jacaranda mimosifolia, phacidiella podocarpi and phaeosphaeria podocarpi from podocarpus latifolius, phyllosticta mimusopisicola from mimusops zeyheri and sphaerulina pelargonii from pelargonium sp. furthermore, barssia maroccana is described from cedrus atlantica (morocco), codinae ... | 2014 | 25737601 |