Taxonomy chemotaxonomy

Scora RW, Kumamoto J (1983) Chemotaxonomy of the genus Citrus. In Waterman PG Gmndon MF (eds) Chemistry and chemical taxonomy of the rutales. Academic Press, London, pp 343-351... 

Hegnauer, R. 1967. Chemical characters in plant taxonomy Some possibilities and limitations. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 14 173-187 and, Hegnauer, R. 1986. Phytochemistry and plant taxonomy - An essay of the chemotaxonomy of higher plants. Phytochemistry, 25 1519-1535. 

One of the most widely studied chemotaxonomic characters in insects has been cutic-ular hydrocarbons (CHCs). The earliest descriptive papers on CHCs were by Jackson (1970), Jackson and Bayer (1970), Jackson and Blomquist (1976), Lockey (1976), and Lange et al. (1989). Carlson and collaborators (Carlson and Service 1979, 1980 Carlson et al., 1978 Carlson, 1988) were the first to recognize the special role of CHCs in chemical taxonomy. Since then, numerous reviews have devoted sections to CHCs (Lockey, 1980, 1988 Howard and Blomquist, 1982,2005 Blomquist and Dillwith, 1985 Blomquist et al., 1987 Kaib et al., 1991 Singer, 1998 Howard, 1993). Since the introduction of molecular techniques, the number of insect chemotaxonomy papers about hydrocarbons has dropped, but there are still many submissions and publications. Explanations for this continued interest in insect CHCs include not only their importance as chemical cues in recognition processes, but also the fact that insects are excellent bioindicators of nature conservation, and inversely, pests to control. 

From the viewpoint of botany, taxonomy, and chemotaxonomy, attention was chiefly paid to the plants of the sections Oxytona (Macrantha Elk.), Papaver (Mecones), among those particularly to the species P. somniferum,... 

Hegnauer, R., 1966. Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen (Chemo-taxonomy of Plants), vol. 4. Birkhauser, Basel. 

In yeasts particularly, chemotaxonomy by means of application of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy was described by Gofin and Spencer(2), and the acetolysis fingerprinting technique by Kocourek and Ballou(3) can be also used to determine the taxonomy of yeasts. These methods are based on the differences in the chemical structure of their mannan components. Similarly, serological clasification of yeasts by the use of slide agglutinin test was reported by Tsuchiya, Fukazawa and Kawakita(4). 

Hegnauer, R., Phytochemistry and plant taxonomy—An essay on the chemotaxonomy of higher plants. Phytochemistry, 25, 1519-1535 (1986). 

Erdtman H 1963 Some aspects of chemotaxonomy. In Swain T (ed) Chemical plant taxonomy. Academic Press New York, 89-125... 

Recent Advances in the Chemotaxonomy of Liverworts. In Bryophyte Taxonomy... 

The diversity of chemical compounds has been used directly for centuries for direct classification. Initially, these classifications grouped organisms by their use or their danger to humans and said nothing of phylogenetic or evolutionary relationships [WIN 99]. The use of secondary metabolites as taxonomic characteristics developed with the advance of chromatography, giving birth to a research discipline named chemotaxonomy. To undertake taxonomy from secondary metabolites also poses difficulties secondary... 

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