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Mayanaea caudata (Lundell) Lundell

Violaceae Shrub

Synonym: Orthion caudatum Lundell

Accumulation profile

Ni Nickel Facultative

5,390 µg g⁻¹ DW

5.4× the nickel threshold

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Substrate

Ultramafic

Habitat

Tropical forest on ultramafic soils

Distribution

Guatemala (Izabal)

First reported

2024 · Navarrete Gutiérrez et al.

Verification

primary-measured

Description & ecology

Single available herbarium specimen measured 5,390 µg g⁻¹ Ni by XRF (Navarrete Gutiérrez et al. 2024, Ecol. Res. 39:879–893).

Species known only from the department of Izabal and not collected for decades; n=1, so hyperaccumulation type is provisional.

References

1. Navarrete Gutiérrez, D. M., Pollard, A. J., Disinger, H. P., van der Ent, A., Cathelineau, M., Pons, M.-N., Cuevas Sánchez, J. A., Gómez Hernández, T., & Echevarria, G. (2024). Nickel hyperaccumulation in Orthion and Mayanaea (Violaceae) from Mesoamerica. Ecological Research, 39, 879–893. doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12504 APA BibTeX RIS

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