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Floral scent
Floral biology
Dehydrogeosmin
Geosmin
Echinopsis
Gymnocalycium
Mammillaria
Parodia
Rebutia
Turbinicarpus
Cactaceae.
Hirsutum f glabratum
C-12-terpenoid dehydrogeosmin
Glandular trichomes
Rebutia-marsoneri
Emission
Cactaceae
Evolution
Volatiles
Pollen
Populations.
Plant Sciences in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural, Biology &
Environmental Sciences.
Abstract:
The musty-earthy-smelling sesquiterpenoid dehydrogeosmin (DHG) was found several years ago as a novel compound in flowers of some cactus species, which called attention to the biology of floral scents of the Cactaceae. Our studies showed that the odor b