Surface wax components in species and hybrids of cortaderia

Triterpene methyl ethers in some South American species ofCortaderia(Gramineae)

“…C. jubata and C. rudiuscula synthesise arundoin and cylindrin. the complement already recognised by Martin-Smith et al (1971) in C. araucana. One result is contrary to the earlier report of Martin- Smith et al (1967) that the plants referred to as C. atacamensis did not synthesise triterpene methyl ethers; these plants.…”

“…ave been reported (Martin-Smith et al 1967. 1971Connor & Purdie 1976a;Purdie & Connor 1973); four of these species are indigenous to New Zealand.…”

Flora of New Zealand ‐ Gramineae supplement I: Danthonioideae

“…(1967, Martin-Smith etal. (1967,1971, and for Chionochloa in Russell et al (1976), Pauptit et al (1984), and Rowan & Russell (1992).…”

“…The composition of the waxes from Cortaderia was described by Martin-Smith et al (1967, 1971, and of Chionochloa by Cowlishaw et al (1983) and Savill et al (1988). They are quite orthodox for the five lipid classes, alkanes, acids, aldehydes, alcohols, and esters.…”

Aspects of New Zealand Botany, 1926–76

“…They chid us for largely tending to ignore the introduced plants and considered that "there is no scientific justification for continuing to treat the alien flora of New Zealand as something apart from the native flora". All this is true, and they spoke commonsense when they said "The World is changing rapidly, however, and our battleground must be the lowlands, the forest remnants, and the areas going into cultivation daily, and not the parks and glorious slopes of the Southern Alps or Fiordland"; or, one might add, romantically attractive islands where the vegetation is already fairly well documented and, but for the disturbance caused by 6 scientists. it has a good chance of surviVing long aller almost unrea>rdcd scrub and forest and peatland communities on the mainland have been deliberately destroyed.…”