Dendrobium nobile Lindl., an epiphytic herb distributed in the Southeast Asia, is used as a tonic and antipyretic herbal medicine in China. In this study, a water-soluble acidic heteropolysaccharide, DNP-W4, containing mannose, glucose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose, and galacturonic acid, in the molar ratios of 1.0:4.9:2.5:0.5:1.0:0.9, was obtained from the stems of Dendrobium nobile Lindl. Usin...

Wood properties of giant sequoia (Sequoia gigantea [Lindl.] Decne.) were compared with those for other coniferous tree species. Wood properties such as specific gravity, various mechanical properties, extractive content, and decay resistance of young-growth giant sequoia are comparable to or more fa­ vorable than those of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens [D. Don] Endl.). It is recommended th...

The correct citation for Grevillea manglesii (Proteaceae) is G. Pépin (1838). A neotype here selected from among historic collections, now at Paris (P). Should the minimal description provided by be successfully challenged as inadequate, name would not change but revised authority (Graham) A.Baumann and N.Baumann (1843). origins complex taxonomic horticultural history of its synonyms Manglesia ...