Dichapetalum gelonioides
Synonym: Dichapetalum gelonioides subsp. tuberculatum
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Ultramafic (serpentine)
- Habitat
- Ultramafic forest, Mount Silam
- Distribution
- Malaysia (Sabah, Borneo)
- First reported
- 2018 · Nkrumah et al.
- Verification
- primary-measured
Description & ecology
Subspecies tuberculatum reaches foliar Ni of 30,260 µg/g with >10 wt% Ni in the ash; a distinct Ni record for a genus better known for zinc (subsp. sumatranum reaches 10,730 µg/g Zn on normal soil).
Read at source: Nkrumah et al. (2018), Sci Rep 8:9659.
References
- Nkrumah, P. N., Echevarria, G., Erskine, P. D., & van der Ent, A. (2018). Contrasting nickel and zinc hyperaccumulation in subspecies of Dichapetalum gelonioides from Southeast Asia. Scientific Reports, 8, 9659. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26859-7
- Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907