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Cuphea hookeriana

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440148427de2878291409
Scientific name Cuphea hookeriana
Authority Walp.
First published in Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 107 (1843)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Parsonsia hookeriana (Walp.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1019. 1924
Cuphea cinnabarina Planch. in Fl. des Serres Ser. I, v. (1846) 527.
Cuphea cinnabarina var. atrosanguinea Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 5: t. 527 (1849)
Cuphea floribunda Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 289. 1838 [Dec 1838]
Cuphea fulgens Fenzl ex Koehne Fl. Bras. 13(2): 287 (1877)
Cuphea fulgida Fenzl ex Koehne Fl. Bras. 13(2): 287 (1877)
Cuphea hookeriana f. foliosa Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 2(5): 421. 1882 [3 Feb 1882]
Cuphea hookeriana f. polysperma Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 2(5): 421. 1882 [3 Feb 1882]
Cuphea llavea Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1386. 1831 [1830 publ. 1831]
Cuphea pringlei S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 149 (1890)
Cuphea roezlii Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 49: 469 (1877)
Cuphea hookeriana f. typica Koehne

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 萼距花

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Cuphea hookeriana var. ixodes (Hemsl.) S.A.Graham Syst. Bot. Monogr. 53: 63 (1998)
Cuphea hookeriana var. hookeriana Unknown

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000630073
Tropicos 19200510
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72407-2
The Plant List kew-2748106
Open Tree Of Life 209053
NCBI Taxonomy 36775
IPNI 72407-2
iNaturalist 278027
GBIF 7286316
EOL 5428664
USDA GRIN 311206

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_054286865.1 ASM5428686v1 Chromosome Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2026-01-02 190 470.15 Mb

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
The chloroplast genome of Cuphea hookeriana Walp. (Lythraceae), a Mexico ornamental plant Gu C, Ye Y, Zhang G, Yu M, Bai M, Ma Q, Shao W, Zhao Y, Hong S Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 24-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10132219
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2203783
PMID:37124996
Conformational Changes of Acyl Carrier Protein Switch the Chain Length Preference of Acyl-ACP Thioesterase ChFatB2 Yang T, Yang Y, Yang M, Ren J, Xue C, Feng Y, Xue S Int J Mol Sci 06-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10095102
doi:10.3390/ijms24076864
PMID:37047837
Protein interactomes for plant lipid biosynthesis and their biotechnological applications Xu Y, Singer SD, Chen G Plant Biotechnol J 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10440990
doi:10.1111/pbi.14027
PMID:36762506
A toolkit for plant lipid engineering: Surveying the efficacies of lipogenic factors for accumulating specialty lipids Cai Y, Yu XH, Shanklin J Front Plant Sci 14-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9795026
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1064176
PMID:36589075
Modification of Fatty Acid Composition of Escherichia coli by Co-Expression of Fatty Acid Desaturase and Thioesterase from Arabidopsis thaliana Pu Y, Cao Y, Xian M Bioengineering (Basel) 06-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9774610
doi:10.3390/bioengineering9120771
PMID:36550977
Identification and Functional Characterization of Acyl-ACP Thioesterases B (GhFatBs) Responsible for Palmitic Acid Accumulation in Cotton Seeds Liu B, Sun Y, Wang X, Xue J, Wang J, Jia X, Li R Int J Mol Sci 24-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9659231
doi:10.3390/ijms232112805
PMID:36361594
The complete chloroplast genome of Lagerstroemia loudonii Teijsm. & Binn. (Lythraceae), an ornamental tree with medicinal value Qin B, Sun K, Huang X Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 06-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9262357
doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2093671
PMID:35814173
The production of wax esters in transgenic plants: towards a sustainable source of bio-lubricants Domergue F, Miklaszewska M J Exp Bot 10-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC9113324
doi:10.1093/jxb/erac046
PMID:35560197
Modification of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) for Triacylglycerol accumulation in plant biomass for biofuel applications Muthulakshmi C, Sivaranjani R, Selvi S Biotechnol Rep (Amst) 11-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8449027
doi:10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00668
PMID:34567983
A review on non-edible oil as a potential feedstock for biodiesel: physicochemical properties and production technologies Abdul Hakim Shaah M, Hossain MS, Salem Allafi FA, Alsaedi A, Ismail N, Ab Kadir MO, Ahmad MI RSC Adv 19-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC9037048
doi:10.1039/d1ra04311k
PMID:35481051
CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knockout of GmFATB1 Significantly Reduced the Amount of Saturated Fatty Acids in Soybean Seeds Ma J, Sun S, Whelan J, Shou H Int J Mol Sci 09-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8069101
doi:10.3390/ijms22083877
PMID:33918544
Photosynthetic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Oleochemicals by Cyanobacteria: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives Wang L, Chen L, Yang S, Tan X Front Microbiol 17-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7181335
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00634
PMID:32362881
Overexpression of Acyl-ACP Thioesterases, CpFatB4 and CpFatB5, Induce Distinct Gene Expression Reprogramming in Developing Seeds of Brassica napus Nam JW, Yeon J, Jeong J, Cho E, Kim HB, Hur Y, Lee KR, Yi H Int J Mol Sci 06-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6651428
doi:10.3390/ijms20133334
PMID:31284614
New Insights Into Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) FatA and FatB Thioesterases, Their Regulation, Structure and Distribution Aznar-Moreno JA, Sánchez R, Gidda SK, Martínez-Force E, Moreno-Pérez AJ, Venegas Calerón M, Garcés R, Mullen RT, Salas JJ Front Plant Sci 16-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6232763
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01496
PMID:30459777
Towards the synthetic design of camelina oil enriched in tailored acetyl-triacylglycerols with medium-chain fatty acids Bansal S, Kim HJ, Na G, Hamilton ME, Cahoon EB, Lu C, Durrett TP J Exp Bot 06-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6093318
doi:10.1093/jxb/ery225
PMID:29982623

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