Snow tussock

Chionochloa, known locally as snow tussock, consists of 22 species, 21 of which are native to New Zealand. The remaining species occurs in southeastern Australia and does not figure in the discussion. Studies of triterpene methyl ethers (TMEs) have revealed the existence of different chemodemes (Connor and Purdie, 1976, 1981). In some instances, it was shown that TMEs were present in populations of a given species in one part of its range but absent from others arundoin [57] (see Fig. 2.12 for structures 57-59) was identified from plants collected at Harpers... 

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