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Viola tricolor subsp. macedonica

Violaceae Herb

Accumulation profile

Tl Thallium Facultative
4,650 µg g⁻¹ DW
46.5× 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 ~4,650 µg/g (Jakovljević et al. 2023); leaf As only up to ~20 µg/g and mostly from surface contamination.

Included to document the full Allchar Viola Tl-hyperaccumulator assemblage.

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

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