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Grevillea exul Lindl.

Proteaceae Shrub

Accumulation profile

Mn Manganese Facultative
12,000 µg g⁻¹ DW
1.2× the manganese threshold
Other manganese accumulators →
Substrate
Ultramafic (serpentine)
Habitat
Ultramafic maquis
Distribution
New Caledonia
First reported
1997 · Jaffré
Verification
review-cited

Description & ecology

One of several New Caledonian Proteaceae that concentrate manganese, a family unusually prone to the trait.

References

  1. 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

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