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Camptotheca
Sign in to saveCamptotheca (happy tree, cancer tree, or tree of life) is a genus of medium-sized deciduous trees growing to tall, native to southern China and Tibet. The genus is usually included in the tupelo family Nyssaceae, but sometimes included (with the tupelos) in the dogwood family Cornaceae.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCornales
- FamilyNyssaceae
Камптотека (лат. Camptotheca) — род растений, относимый в настоящее время к семейству (подсемейству) Ниссовые порядка Кизилоцветные. Состоит из двух видов, в настоящее время обитающих только в южном Китае. Ископаемые представители рода известны также из эоцена Северной Америки.
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Research
300 papers- Biotechnology of camptothecin production in Nothapodytes nimmoniana, Ophiorrhiza sp. and Camptotheca acuminata.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2021
- Topoisomerase Inhibitors.2012
- A chromosome-level Camptotheca acuminata genome assembly provides insights into the evolutionary origin of camptothecin biosynthesis.Nature communications · 2021
- Camptotheca acuminata 10-hydroxycamptothecin O-methyltransferase: an alkaloid biosynthetic enzyme co-opted from flavonoid metabolism.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2018
- The biosynthesis of camptothecin derivatives by Camptotheca acuminata seedlings.Natural product research · 2021
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Camptotheca (happy tree, cancer tree, or tree of life) is a genus of medium-sized deciduous trees growing to tall, native to southern China and Tibet. The genus is usually included in the tupelo family Nyssaceae, but sometimes included (with the tupelos) in the dogwood family Cornaceae.
The name "happy tree" is a direct translation of the Chinese name xǐ shù (Simplified Chinese:喜树).