Odontarrhena chalcidica
Synonyms: Alyssum murale, Alyssum chalcidicum
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Ultramafic (serpentine)
- Habitat
- Serpentine grassland and scrub
- Distribution
- Balkans, Anatolia
- First reported
- 1948 · Doksopulo (as Alyssum)
- Verification
- review-cited
Description & ecology
The leading nickel agromining crop: high biomass and foliar nickel around 2% make it the workhorse of European phytomining trials.
Long known under the name Alyssum murale before the genus Odontarrhena was resurrected.
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
- Chaney, R. L., Angle, J. S., Broadhurst, C. L., Peters, C. A., Tappero, R. V., & Sparks, D. L. (2007). Improved understanding of hyperaccumulation yields commercial phytoextraction and phytomining technologies. Journal of Environmental Quality, 36, 1429–1443. doi:10.2134/jeq2006.0514
- 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