Rinorea niccolifera
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Ultramafic (serpentine)
- Habitat
- Ultramafic forest
- Distribution
- Philippines (Luzon)
- First reported
- 2014 · Fernando et al.
- Verification
- primary-measured
Description & ecology
Promoted to primary-measured 2026-08-09: the species description (Fernando et al. 2014, PhytoKeys 37, open access, read at source) reports field 'foliar nickel concentrations varying from 7,168 to 18,388 µg g⁻¹ on dry weight basis' (Table 1; acid digestion, two ultramafic sites in Zambales, Luzon). The stored value is the exact measured maximum, replacing the rounded 18,000.
One of a series of Southeast Asian Rinorea species recognised as strong nickel hyperaccumulators.
References
- Fernando, E. S., Quimado, M. O., & Doronila, A. I. (2014). Rinorea niccolifera (Violaceae), a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species from Luzon Island, Philippines. PhytoKeys, 37, 1-13. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.37.7136
- 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