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The Geography of Phytochemical Races

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232 5 Wide Disjunctions<br />

Fig. 5.7 Compounds 454–470, various compounds from species <strong>of</strong> Marchantia, Mastigophora<br />

and Makinoa<br />

5.2.10 Mastigophora diclados (Mastigopharaceae)<br />

Mastigophora diclados (Brid.) Nees, a liverwort that occurs in the mountains <strong>of</strong><br />

tropical Asia, has been studied for its chemical constituents by Asakawa and his colleagues.<br />

Accessions from two disjunct sites in Malaysia were examined, one from<br />

Sabah State (1900–2500 m on Mt. Kinabalu) and one in West Malaysia from Pahang<br />

State (1500 m on Mt. Reskit). <strong>The</strong> East Malaysian material afforded compounds<br />

<strong>of</strong> the sort here exemplifi ed by α-herbertenol [460] and mastifophorene-A [461]

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