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Pronephrium simplex (Hook.) Holttum

Thelypteridaceae Fern

Accumulation profile

REE Rare Earth Elements Facultative

1,500 µg g⁻¹ DW

1.5× the rare earth elements threshold

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Substrate

Ion-adsorption REE clays

Habitat

Slopes over REE deposits

Distribution

South China

First reported

2018 · Liu et al.

Verification

hypothesized

Description & ecology

One of several southern-Chinese ferns reported to concentrate rare earths; part of an actively developing and still-provisional group.

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 APA BibTeX RIS

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