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Odontarrhena serpyllifolia (Desf.) Jord. & Fourr.

Brassicaceae Herb

Synonym: Alyssum serpyllifolium

Accumulation profile

Ni Nickel Obligate
15,000 µg g⁻¹ DW
15× the nickel threshold
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Substrate
Ultramafic (serpentine)
Habitat
Serpentine outcrops
Distribution
Iberian Peninsula, France
First reported
1977 · Brooks & Radford
Verification
review-cited

Description & ecology

The principal western-Mediterranean nickel hyperaccumulator, with several serpentine-endemic subspecies used in agromining research.

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
  2. 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

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