Cargando…

Best of Both Worlds: Simultaneous High-Light and Shade-Tolerance Adaptations within Individual Leaves of the Living Stone Lithops aucampiae

“Living stones” (Lithops spp.) display some of the most extreme morphological and physiological adaptations in the plant kingdom to tolerate the xeric environments in which they grow. The physiological mechanisms that optimise the photosynthetic processes of Lithops spp. while minimising transpirati...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Field, Katie J., George, Rachel, Fearn, Brian, Quick, W. Paul, Davey, Matthew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3806800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194825
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075671