Lantaneae are an example of a taxonomically problematic, widespread and recently radiated Neotropical lineage. Taxonomy in Lantaneae is difficult because of complex, overlapping patterns of shifts in morphological traits among members; monophyly of the traditional genera cannot be assumed without additional information from molecular data. We took a multi-locus approach to infer phylogenetic re...

Two glycosides were isolated from the n-Butanol soluble portion of the ethanolic portion of the stem and leaves part of stachytarpheta angustifolia. Their structures were elucidated as Iridoid glycoside (1) and a caffeic glycoside ester named as –β(3 1 , 4 1 dihydroxyphenyl)–ethyl-O-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-3)-β-D-(4-O-Caffeoyl) glucopyranoside (2) by spectroscopic Method.

THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: 14,15-dihy-droxy-7,7-dimethyl-13-(propan-2-yl)tricyclo-[9.4.0.0(3,8)]penta-deca-1(11),3(8),9,12,14-pentaen-4-one], C(20)H(24)O(3), is a new icetexane diterpenoid which was isolated from the roots of Premna obtusifolia (Verbenaceae). The mol-ecule has three fused rings: a cyclo-hexenone, a central cyclo-heptene and a benzene ring. The cyclo-hexenone ring is i...