Systematic Studies in the Plant Family Lythraceae
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Dr. Shirley Graham of Kent State University will study the              genus >Cuphea> (ca. 260 species) of the loosestrife family, a                   common, widely distributed herb of tropical Latin America.  In                  the past ten years it has been learned that the seeds of many                   species contain commercially exploitable quantities of oils of                  unique and varied composition that are attractive alternatives to               coconut and palm kernel oils for use in industrial, nutritional,                and personal.care products.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture                 has designated >Cuphea> as one of a select number of new crops on               which to intensify research and development.  Despite its                       predicted economic importance, however, the genus is known                      taxonomically from only a single study made on very limited                     collections in 1880.1883.  Dr. Graham will continue her basic                   taxonomic appraisal of the genus, to provide identification keys                to wild species, descriptions of morphology and of geographic                   ranges, and illustrations for accurate species.recognition,                     discussion of species relationships and evolutionary mechanisms                 likely to operate in the genus, and chromosome numbers that serve               as initial guides for the plant breeding programs needed to                     domesticate wild >Cuphea> for use as a crop plant.  Her taxonomic               research will also contribute to basic inventory of tropical                    plant resources.
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{'Code': '1127', 'Text': 'Evolutionary Processes'}
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