5 species recorded in this database; highest cited value 41,000 µg g⁻¹.
| Metal | Region | Uptake | Verify | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirschfeldia incanashortpod mustard | Brassicaceae | 3,580 | 3.6× | Morocco, Mediterranean | Facultative | primary | |
| Lepidium bipinnatifidum | Brassicaceae | 7,240 | 7.2× | Peru (Cajamarca), Andes | Facultative | primary | |
| Noccaea rotundifoliaround-leaved pennycress | Brassicaceae | 8,200 | 8.2× | European Alps | Facultative | hypothesized | |
| Plantago orbignyana | Plantaginaceae | 8,240 | 8.2× | Peru (Cajamarca) | Facultative | primary | |
| Sesbania drummondiiDrummond rattlebox | Fabaceae | 41,000 | 41× | USA (Gulf Coast), Mexico | Facultative | primary |
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Research, industry and conservation context for Lead hyperaccumulation and phytoremediation.
Lead shares a 1,000 µg g⁻¹ hyperaccumulation threshold with nickel and arsenic, yet validated foliar lead records are orders of magnitude scarcer — and the reason lies in soil chemistry and root biology, not a lack of searching.
Read the analysis →The round-leaved pennycress was the first plant reported to concentrate lead in its leaves at hyperaccumulator levels, but the record comes with a lasting caveat about alpine scree and surface contamination.
Read the analysis →A subtropical leguminous shrub can move lead into shoots at concentrations above the hyperaccumulation threshold, but the result comes from hydroponic culture and needs field confirmation.
Read the analysis →A Moroccan metallophyte related to Brassica stores lead in its roots and translocates a fraction to shoots, offering a new genetic model for lead tolerance rather than a ready crop.
Read the analysis →Adding EDTA to soil turned Indian mustard from a lead-tolerant plant into a lead extractor, but the same chemistry that mobilises lead can also leach it downward.
Read the analysis →Lead uptake depends less on total soil lead than on the chemistry immediately surrounding the root, and Pelargonium root exudates appear to make that fraction more plant-available.
Read the analysis →The Japanese brake fern tolerates and accumulates lead as a gametophyte, suggesting its metal-handling machinery is expressed early and across generations.
Read the analysis →Chrysopogon zizanioides is not a lead hyperaccumulator, but its deep roots, high biomass, and tolerance let it immobilise lead at far lower cost than conventional engineering.
Read the analysis →Helianthus annuus is a familiar phytoextraction candidate, yet field work shows it is better suited to cadmium removal than to lead extraction.
Read the analysis →A global review of lead-zinc mine sites shows that no single plant or amendment works everywhere; success depends on matching the species to the local soil chemistry and climate.
Read the analysis →EDTA and related chelators dramatically increase lead uptake by plants; the challenge is that they also keep lead mobile in soil long after application.
Read the analysis →A root proteome–metabolome of Pogonatherum crinitum pins its lead tolerance on a jasmonate-driven glutathione detox circuit — but the study measures no tissue lead of its own, and the mechanism it describes is the signature of holding Pb in the roots, not mining it into the shoots.
Read the analysis →Clonal variation in Salix and Populus means some genotypes take up more lead than others, turning tree screening into a practical first step for landfill restoration.
Read the analysis →Sequestering lead in cell walls and vacuoles keeps it away from metabolic machinery; the species that tolerate lead best are often those that store it most effectively, not those that move it to shoots.
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