Leaf anatomical traits which accommodate the facultative engagement of crassulacean acid metabolism in tropical trees of the genus Clusia

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3513-3523

  Andrea Barrera Zambrano, V ^a   Lawson, Tracy ^b   Olmos, Enrique ^c   Fernández García, Nieves ^c   Borland, Anne M ^a,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAM; Clusia; Leaf anatomy; PEPC; Photosynthesis; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLUSIA; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LIGHT; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSIA; LIGHT; MESOPHYLL CELLS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84912003870     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru022     Document Type: Article

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