TY - JOUR
T1 - Crassulacean acid metabolism in the strangler Clusia rosea Jacq.
AU - Ting, Irwin P.
AU - Lord, Elizabeth M.
AU - Sternberg, Leonel Da S.L.
AU - DeNiro, Michael J.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - Observations of malic acid fluctuation, leaf anatomy, and stable carbon isotopic composition showed that the epiphytic strangler Clusia rosea, growing on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, has crassulacean acid metabolism. This hemiepiphyte may be the only woody dicotyledonous tree species among the many thousands of flowering species in the 30 or more plant families that shows this type of metabolism. The finding has implications with respect to water balance during the process whereby Clusia rosea establishes itself as a tree, since crassulacean acid metabolism is a photosynthetic adaptation to water-stressed environments.
AB - Observations of malic acid fluctuation, leaf anatomy, and stable carbon isotopic composition showed that the epiphytic strangler Clusia rosea, growing on Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, has crassulacean acid metabolism. This hemiepiphyte may be the only woody dicotyledonous tree species among the many thousands of flowering species in the 30 or more plant families that shows this type of metabolism. The finding has implications with respect to water balance during the process whereby Clusia rosea establishes itself as a tree, since crassulacean acid metabolism is a photosynthetic adaptation to water-stressed environments.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.229.4717.969
DO - 10.1126/science.229.4717.969
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022234264
VL - 229
SP - 969
EP - 971
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 4717
ER -