Discriminant analysis of leaf wax alkanes in the Lamiaceae and four other plant families 

 -  BioChemical Systematics and Ecology, 22(7), p.711-728, 1994 .
<br/><br/> Leaf wax n-alkanes and iso-alkanes were determined in several species of the Lamiaceae and used as chemotaxonomic characters. These alkane classes were also determined in species belonging to Boraginaceae, Verbenaceae, Solanaceae and Scrophulariaceae and the results were compared to those obtained from the Lamiaceae. The plot of area percentages of some n-alkanes and iso-alkanes provided a good partition both inside the Lamiaceae and among the five different families examined. Discriminant analysis provided a much deeper insight into pattern partition confirming the chemotaxonomic usefulness of leaf wax alkanes. The data obtained for Lamiaceae are also discussed with regard to different systematic subdivisions of the family. © 1994. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>LAMIACEAE<br/>MAGNOLIOPHYTA