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Viola allchariensis G.Beck

Violaceae Herb

Accumulation profile

Tl Thallium Facultative

7,060 µg g⁻¹ DW

70.6× the thallium threshold

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Substrate

As/Tl mineralised soils

Habitat

Allchar Sb–As–Tl deposit

Distribution

North Macedonia (Allchar)

First reported

2023 · Jakovljević et al.

Verification

review-cited

Description & ecology

Population-mean foliar Tl ~7,060 µg/g at the Allchar deposit (Jakovljević et al. 2023). Arsenic (≤26 µg/g) is below threshold and largely contamination-derived.

One of three Allchar Viola taxa in which Tl hyperaccumulation was confirmed endogenous by synchrotron µXRF.

References

1. Jakovljević, K., Mišljenović, T., Bačeva Andonovska, K., Echevarria, G., Baker, A. J. M., Brueckner, D., & van der Ent, A. (2023). Thallium hyperaccumulation status of the violets of the Allchar arsenic–thallium deposit (North Macedonia) confirmed through synchrotron µXRF. Metallomics, 15, mfad063. doi:10.1093/mtomcs/mfad063 APA BibTeX RIS

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