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Genus of flowering plants
Dichapetalum is a genus in the plant family
Dichapetalaceae . The plants are tropical
lianas native mainly to tropical regions of
Africa ,
Asia ,
Malesia , the
West Indies ,
Australia and
Latin America . Some species are known to be poisonous due to the presence of toxic
fluorinated compounds such as
fluorocarboxylic acid
[3] and
dichapetalins , a unique class of
cytotoxic compounds that are only found within this genus.
[4]
Species
Accepted by The Plant List, as of February 2014
[update] :
[5]
References
^ Thouars, Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit. Genera Nova Madagascariensia 23. 1806.
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a
b
c
"Dichapetalum %" .
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 26 Feb 2014 .
^ PETERS, RUDOLPH; HALL, R. J. (August 1960). "Fluorine Compounds in Nature; The Distribution of Carbon-Fluorine Compounds in Some Species of Dichapetalum". Nature . 187 (4737): 573–575.
Bibcode :
1960Natur.187..573P .
doi :
10.1038/187573a0 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
14432198 .
S2CID
4256114 .
^ Long, Christophe; Aussagues, Yannick; Molinier, Nicolas; Marcourt, Laurence; Vendier, Laure; Samson, Arnaud; Poughon, Valérie; Chalo Mutiso, Patrick B.; Ausseil, Frédéric; Sautel, François; Arimondo, Paola B. (October 2013). "Dichapetalins from Dichapetalum species and their cytotoxic properties". Phytochemistry . 94 : 184–191.
Bibcode :
2013PChem..94..184L .
doi :
10.1016/j.phytochem.2013.03.023 .
ISSN
0031-9422 .
PMID
23618620 .
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