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THERE are numerous instances where a genus or other group of plants is characterized by particular chemical constituents. In the Eucalypts, for example, chemical evidence has been of value in some instances in determining specific differences, while in Pinus, Erdtman and co-workers1 have recently shown the presence of a characteristic pattern of heartwood constituents.
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BRANDT, C., THOMAS, B. Chemical Differentiation of the Genera Podocarpus and Dacrydium. Nature 170, 1018–1019 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701018a0
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