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Beaucarnea hookeri

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID6440254840433154308706
Scientific name Beaucarnea hookeri
Authority (Lem.) Baker
First published in J. Bot. 10: 327 (1872)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Nolina hookeri (Lem.) G.D.Rowley Cact. Aventures 5: 3 (1990)
Calibanus caespitosus (Scheidw.) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 90 (1906)
Calibanus hookeri (Lem.) Trel. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 50: 426 (1911)
Dasylirion caespitosum Scheidw. Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 4: 286 (1861)
Dasylirion flexile K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1867(App. 1): 5 (1867)
Dasylirion hookeri Lem. Ill. Hort. 6(Misc.): 24 (1859)
Dasylirion hartwegianum Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 41. 1850 (1850)
Dasylirion hartwegianum Hook. Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5099 (1859)

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 胡克砾丝兰
Chinese 胡氏酒瓶

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
improved seed-germination after removal of pericarp and testa

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000761338
Tropicos 50000805
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531723-1
Open Tree Of Life 1023675
NCBI Taxonomy 39522
IPNI 531723-1
iNaturalist 862932
GBIF 2776514

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Municipal Wastewater Treatment uses Vertical Flow Followed by Horizontal Flow in a Two-Stage Hybrid-Constructed Wetland Planted with Calibanus hookeri and Canna indica (Cannaceae) Singh KK, Vaishya RC Water Air Soil Pollut 01-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9717559
doi:10.1007/s11270-022-05984-0
PMID:36504546
The Biogeographic South-North Divide of Polygonatum (Asparagaceae Tribe Polygonateae) within Eastern Asia and Its Recent Dispersals in the Northern Hemisphere Wang JJ, Yang YP, Sun H, Wen J, Deng T, Nie ZL, Meng Y PLoS One 03-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5094755
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166134
PMID:27812188
Networks in a Large-Scale Phylogenetic Analysis: Reconstructing Evolutionary History of Asparagales (Lilianae) Based on Four Plastid Genes Chen S, Kim DK, Chase MW, Kim JH PLoS One 18-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3605904
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059472
PMID:23544071
Molecular phylogenetics of Ruscaceae sensu lato and related families (Asparagales) based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences Kim JH, Kim DK, Forest F, Fay MF, Chase MW Ann Bot 07-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC2958784
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq167
PMID:20929900
First Nuclear DNA Amounts in more than 300 Angiosperms ZONNEVELD BJ, LEITCH IJ, BENNETT MD Ann Bot 19-May-2005
PMCID:PMC4246870
doi:10.1093/aob/mci170
PMID:15905300
Cardenagenin, a steroidal sapogenin from Calibanus hookerii Francisco Giral, Carmen Rivera, Lourdes García P. Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84987-0

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Hydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Tetrahydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
(3S,8R,9S,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2S)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,14,16-triol 102067329 Click to see 434.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84987-0
(3S,8S,9R,10R,13S,14R,16S,17S)-17-[(2S,3S)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,14,16-triol 162983134 Click to see 434.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84987-0
Cholest-5-ene-3,14,16,22-tetrol, (3beta)- 86107633 Click to see CC(C)CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2(C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)O)O)O 434.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84987-0
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Hydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives / Trihydroxy bile acids, alcohols and derivatives
(3S,8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,16R,17R)-17-[(2S,3S)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,16-diol 162975481 Click to see CC(C)CCC(C(C)C1C(CC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)O)O 418.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84987-0
17-(3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,16-diol 15609795 Click to see 418.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)84987-0

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