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Lignin and Certain Other Chemical Constituents of Phylloglossum

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Phylloglossum drummondii, Kunze is a small and relatively rare cryptogam of New Zealand and Australia. It is considered to be a lycopod which is reduced and specialized in the adoption of a geophytic habit1. So far as we know, it has not been examined for any of its organic chemical constituents.

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WHITE, E., TSE, A. & TOWERS, G. Lignin and Certain Other Chemical Constituents of Phylloglossum. Nature 213, 285–286 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213285a0

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