Gnetum cleistostachyum
Species of seed-bearing plant
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Gnetum cleistostachyum is a liana species in the Sessiles subsection of the genus Gnetum described from South East Yunnan.
| Gnetum cleistostachyum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Gnetophyta |
| Order: | Gnetales |
| Family: | Gnetaceae |
| Genus: | Gnetum |
| Species: | G. cleistostachyum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnetum cleistostachyum C.Y.Cheng | |
The name is still invalid and efloras states it is advisable to postpone validating it until more complete collections, particularly with seeds, can be studied.[1]
The stilbene derivatives, gnetucleistol A, B and C, gnetifolin A, p-hydroxycinnamic acid, piceatannol, resveratrol,[2] bisisorhapontigenin A, gnetuhainin P, gnetulin,[3] the stilbenolignans, gnetucleistol F, gnetofuran A, lehmbachol D, gnetifolin F and gnetumontanin,[4] gnetucleistol D (2-methoxyoxyresveratrol), gnetucleistol E (3-methoxy-isorhapontigenin), rhapontigenin, isorhapontigenin, 4-methoxyresveratrol and pinosylvin[5] can be found in G. cleistostachyum.
