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The Geography of Phytochemical Races

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224 5 Wide Disjunctions<br />

Fig. 5.4 Compounds 406–424, lichen acids and other compounds from species <strong>of</strong> Lobaria,<br />

Bazzania, and Conocephalum<br />

represent interesting and challenging problems for the bryogeographer. One <strong>of</strong> the<br />

approaches to understanding possible evolutionary relationships among the various<br />

populations <strong>of</strong> these systems has been the study <strong>of</strong> their micromolecular components.<br />

<strong>The</strong> examples given below demonstrate admirably the rich array <strong>of</strong> chemical<br />

characters that exist and their potential usefulness.<br />

Species <strong>of</strong> Bazzania have been shown to be a rich source <strong>of</strong> terpene derivatives.<br />

Bazzania trilobata is no exception as evidenced by the identifi cation <strong>of</strong> no less than 44<br />

compounds from European collections, and 29 from plants collected in North America<br />

(Warmers and König, 1999). <strong>The</strong> major differences between plants from the two sides

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