Dicranopteris linearis
old world forked fern
Synonym: Dicranopteris dichotoma
Accumulation profile
Rare Earth Elements Obligate
3,358 µg g⁻¹ DW
3.4× the rare earth elements threshold
Other rare earth elements accumulators →
- Substrate
- Ion-adsorption REE clays and acidic soils
- Habitat
- Disturbed slopes and mine tailings
- Distribution
- South China, Southeast Asia
- First reported
- 2018 · Liu et al.
- Verification
- review-cited
Description & ecology
The best-documented rare-earth hyperaccumulator, reaching total REE above 3,000 µg g⁻¹, and central to interest in phytomining ion-adsorption REE deposits in southern China.
References
- 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
- van der Ent, A., Baker, A. J. M., Reeves, R. D., Pollard, A. J., & Schat, H. (2013). Hyperaccumulators of metal and metalloid trace elements: facts and fiction. Plant and Soil, 362, 319–334. doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1287-3