CAROTENOIDS IN LAND PLANTS 



Table 9. — The Distribution of Carotenoids in Flower Petals 



Name 



Acacia decurrens. 



V, mollis 

 A. discolor '\ 



A. linifolia > 



A. longifolia J 

 Arnica montana 

 Aloe vera 



Calendula officinalis 

 Caltha palustris 

 Cheiranthus sennoneri 

 Chrysanthemum spp. 

 Crepis aurea . . 

 Cucurbita pepo 

 Crocus sativus 

 Cytisus laburnum 

 Cytisus (Sarothamnus) 



scoharius . . 

 Dimorphotheca 



aurantiaca 

 Doronicum paradlanches 

 Eschscholtzta californica* 

 Gazania rigens 



(a) Portuguese 



(b) Califomian 

 Genista tridentata 

 Grevillea robusta 

 Helenium autumnale 

 Helianthus annuas 

 Heliopsis scabrae major 

 Impatiens noli me tangere 

 Iris pseudacorus 

 Kerria japonica 

 Laburnum anagyroides 

 Leontodon autumnnalis 

 Lilium candidum 

 Lotus corniculatus 

 Mimulus longiflorus 

 Narcissus pseudo- 

 narcissus . . 



PotentUla erecta 

 Pyracantha coccinea 

 Ranuculus acer 

 Ranuculus arvensis 

 Ranuculus steveni 

 Rudbeckia neumanii 

 Senecio doronicum 

 Silphium perfoliatum 

 Sinapsis officinalis 

 Tagetes aurea . . 

 Tagetes erecta 

 Tagetes grandiflora 

 Tagetes nana . . 

 Tagetes patula 

 Taraxacum officinale t 

 Tragopogon pratensis 

 Trollius europaeus 

 Tropaeolum majus 

 Tultp (yellow) 

 Tussilago far/ara 

 Ulex europaeus 

 Ulex gallti 

 Viola tricolor % 

 Viola (violet blue 8pp.) 



+ 





Reference 



17. 18 



17 



5, 20 



1 



28 



9, 10 



5 



29, 30 



20 



56 



7 



9 



21, 22 



9 

 5 



39, 40 



31 



32 



19 



8 



5, 18 



18, 33 

 5 



23 



6 



14, 15 



9, 14 



23 



2 



20 



26, 42 



5 



16 



27 



11, 12 



9 



13 



18 



9 



7 



9 



7 



18 



18 



18 



18, 34 



35,36,37,41 



9, 12 



9, 14 



5 



3, 4 



38 



19 



19 



24, 25, 41 



5 



* Plus eschscholtzxanthin. t also tareoxanthin X plus violeoxanthin. 



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