CAM variations in the leaf-succulent Delosperma tradescantioides (Mesembryanthemaceae), native to southern Africa

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 485-492

  Herppich, Werner B ^a   Midgley, Guy ^b   Von Willert, Dieter J ^a   Veste, Maik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAM cycling; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Delosperma tradescantioides; Drought stress; Gas exchange; Leaf age; Malic acid; Succulence; Water relations

Indexed keywords

DELOSPERMA TRADESCANTIOIDES;

EID: 0030484175     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb05703.x     Document Type: Article

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