Title

Camptotheca Lowreyana, A New Species of Anti-Cancer Happytrees

Authors

Shiyou Li, Stephen F Austin State University, Arthur Temple College of Forestry and AgricultureFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Abstract

Camptotheca Decaisne (happytrees or Xi Shu, Nyssaceae) is a .monotypic genus endemic to China. Its single species C. acuminata Decaisne ( 1873) has been the major source of Camptothecins, the promising anti - cancer and potential anti - viral drugs (Li and Adair 1994) .

The phenotypic analysis of the genus showed that (1) C. yunnanensis Dode (1908) should be treated as a species separated from C. acuminata (see Li, n. d.) and (2) a new species as the third species of the genus should be established. The present paper describes the new species as C. lowreyana. C. lowreyana has a potential in drug production according to the Camptothecin analysis (Li, unpublished).

Comments

Originally published in the Bulletin of Botanical Research (Harbin) 17(3), 348-352

Repository Citation

Li, Shiyou, "Camptotheca Lowreyana, A New Species of Anti-Cancer Happytrees" (1997). NCPC Publications and Patents. 50.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ncpc_articles/50