Gossia bidwillii
python tree
Synonym: Austromyrtus bidwillii
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Various (not necessarily metalliferous)
- Habitat
- Rainforest and vine scrub
- Distribution
- Australia (Queensland)
- First reported
- 2009 · Fernando et al.
- Verification
- primary-measured
Description & ecology
An Australian rainforest tree with foliar manganese near 2% dry weight, identified through systematic screening of herbarium specimens.
References
- Fernando, D. R., Guymer, G., Reeves, R. D., Woodrow, I. E., Baker, A. J. M., & Batianoff, G. N. (2009). Foliar Mn accumulation in eastern Australian herbarium specimens: prospecting for 'new' Mn hyperaccumulators and potential applications in taxonomy. Annals of Botany, 103, 931–939. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp013
- 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