New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Comptonia

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Nomenclature

Comptonia L’Hér. ex Ait., Hortus Kew. 3: 334. 1789. TYPE: Comptonia asplenifolia (L.) L’Hér. ex Ait.

Key to the species of Comptonia

List of Comptonia Species

Comptonia peregrina

References to Comptonia

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  • Bowes, B.; Callaham, D.; Torrey, J. G. 1977. Time-lapse photographic observations of morphogenesis in root nodules of Comptonia peregrina (Myricaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 64: 516-25.
  • Callaham, D.; Torrey, J. G. 1977. Prenodule formation and primary nodule development in roots of Comptonia peregrina (myricaceae). Canad. J. Bot. 55: 2306-18.
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  • Del Tredici, P. 1977. The buried seeds of Comptonia peregrina, the sweet fern. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104(3): 270-5.
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  • Halim, A. F.; Collins, R. P. 1973. Essential oil analysis of the Myricaceae of the eastern United States. Phytochemistry 12: 1077-83.
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  • Hendrickson, O. Q. 1986. Invasion of clear-cuttings by the actinorhizal plant Comptonia peregrina. Canad. J. Forest Res. 16: 872-4.
  • Hurd, T. M.; Schwintzer, C. R. 1997. Formation of cluster roots and mycorrhizal status of Comptonia peregrina and Myrica pensylvanica (Myricaceae) in Maine, USA. Physiol. Pl. (Copenhagen) 99: 680-9.
  • Killingbeck, K. T. 1993. Inefficient nitrogen resorption in genets of the actinorhizal nitrogen fixing shrub Comptonia peregrina: physiological ineptitude or evolutionary trade-off? Oecologia 94: 542-9.
  • Lawrence, B. M.; Weaver, K. M. 1974. Essential oils and their constituents. XII. A comparative chemical composition of the essential oils of Myrica gale and Comptonia perigrina. Pl. Med. (Stuttgart) 25: 385-8.
  • MacDonald, A. D. 1981. The stipules of Comptonia peregrina. Canad. J. Bot. 59: 694-700.
  • MacDonald, A. D. 1974. Floral development of Comptonia peregrina (Myricaceae). Canad. J. Bot. 52(10): 2165-9.
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