Noccaea cappadocica
Synonym: Thlaspi cappadocicum
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Ultramafic (serpentine)
- Habitat
- Serpentine rocky slopes, Cappadocia
- Distribution
- Turkey (Cappadocia)
- First reported
- 2024 · Jakovljević et al.
- Verification
- primary-measured
Description & ecology
Leaf Ni up to 48,700 µg g⁻¹ DW in a Paris Herbarium specimen (MNHN-P-P05273997) measured by X-ray fluorescence and confirmed against ICP-AES calibration (Jakovljević et al. 2024, Ecological Research 39:450–459, doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12448, open-access PDF).
One of the highest Ni concentrations recorded in the genus Noccaea.
References
- Jakovljević, K., Mišljenović, T., van der Ent, A., Baker, A. J. M., Invernón, V. R., & Echevarría, G. (2024). "Mining" the herbarium for hyperaccumulators: Discoveries of nickel and zinc (hyper)accumulation in the genus Noccaea (Brassicaceae) through X-ray fluorescence herbarium scanning. Ecological Research, 39, 450–459. doi:10.1111/1440-1703.12448
- 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