Bibliography on Wigandia urens

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Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth

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Bibliography on Wigandia urens

PDF, Articles, Books on Wigandia urens

CANO, Zenon and Ken OYAMA
1992
Variation in leaf trichomes and nutrients of Wigandia urens (Hydrophyllaceae) and its implications for herbivory. Oecologia. Vol. 92, No. 3. Pages 405-409.

Sold Online:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00317467

CANO, Zenon and Ken OYAMA
1994
Wigandia urens (Hydrophylaceae): un mosaico de recursos para sus insectos hervíboros. Acta Botánica Mexicana. No. 28. Pages 29-39.

Available Online:
www.uv.mx/personal/tcarmona/files/2010/08/Cano-y-Oyama-1994.pdf

DÍAZ, Beth, SUÁREZ, Alírica, TILLETT, Stephen, SALAZAR, Margarita, EZZI, Gazzen, SARAVIA, Katiuska, CAMACHO, Elsa and Anita ISRAEL
2013
Estudio fitoquímico del extracto de acetato de etilo y ensayos farmacológicos del extracto acuoso de hojas de Wigandia caracasana Kunth (Hydrophyllaceae).

LEAL, C.M., ORÓZCO, N., RIVERA, J. MONTERROSO, L. and A. CÁCERES
2014
In vitro activity against Helicobacter pylori by ethanol extracts from sixteen medicinal plants used for chronic gastrointestinal diseases in Guatemala. Acta Horticulturae (1030) 93-101

MARTÍNEZ, Joel, ACOSTA, Alejandra, MARTÍNEZ, Enrique and Filemón MANZANO
2007
Recursos forestales no maderables en dos comunidades zapotecas de la Sierra Juárez de Oaxaca. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales. Vol. 7, No. 35. Pages 37-52.

Available Online:
www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/remcf/v7n35/2007-1132-remcf-7-35-00037-en.pdf

OJEDA, Elizabeth and Ricardo MESA
2008
Wigandia caracasana Humb., Bompl. & Kunth. Tabaquero de Caracas, Caracus wigandia. Gobierno de Canarias. 5 pages.

Available Online:
www.interreg-bionatura.com/especies/pdf/Wigandia%20caracasana.pdf

RODRÍGUEZ-Vásquez, Refugio, SÁNCHEZ, Salvador, MENA-Espino, Xenia and Myriam AMEZCUA-Allieri
2015
Identification of the medicinal plant species with the potential for remediation of hydrocarbons contaminated soils. Acta Physiol Plant Vol. 38, Num. 23. 11 pages

VARGAS, Juan and Leovigildo QUIJANO
2012
Aislamiento e identificación de metabolitos secundarios presentes en hojas de Wigandia urens. Scientia et Technica. No. 51. Pages 197-202.

Available Online:
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4272399.pdf

ZAVALA-Sánchez, Miguel A., PÉREZ-González, Cuauhtémoc, ARIAS-García, Lucina and Salud PÉREZ-Gutiérrez
2009
Anti-inflammatory activity of Wigandia urens and Acalypha alopecuroides. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8, Num. 21, pages 5901-5905.

Available Online:
www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/viewFile/66071/53788

Suggested webpages with photos and information on Wigandia urens

www.gbif.org/species/2928366
Map location.

www.arbolesornamentales.es/Wigandia%20urens.pdf
Information.

www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/hydrophyllaceae/wigandia-urens/fichas/ficha.htm
Information.

www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Wigandia_urens.htm
Photos.

Updated, January 2020.
First posted, November 2018
Bibliography prepared by Marcella Sarti and updated by Vivian Hurtado, FLAAR Mesoamerica.