Paper · 2026 · Scientific Reports

Iris × germanica L. and Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott, two novel strontium hyperaccumulators

Popovici Patriciu; Claudia Maria Gutu; Robert Viorel Ancuceanu; et al.

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Abstract

Abstract We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG). Each species was cultivated in deep water culture tanks in solutions containing 0–80 mg/L NH₄VO₃ and subsequently 50–200 mg/L Sr(NO₃)₂ for two weeks. The accumulated ions in the plant parts were determined using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results showed that across tested concentrations, neither strontium nor vanadium exerted any sizable effect on the growth of the two species. Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators. Total metal uptake reached values on the order of 10 3 mg/kg in both species at the highest concentrations tested. These results suggest that both NE and IG hold significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applications, demonstrating high tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacity, suggesting their potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soils.

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Claims 16

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Neither strontium nor vanadium had a sizable effect on the growth of Nephrolepis exaltata.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Treatment
strontium nor vanadiume1
Outcome
growthe1
Direction
no_changeinferrede1
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

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“The results showed that across tested concentrations, neither strontium nor vanadium exerted any sizable effect on the growth of the two species”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata had translocation factors for Sr consistently above 1, approximately 1.2 to 2.2.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
translocation factors (TF)e2
Direction
abovee2
Value
approximately 1.2–2.2e2
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

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“Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata had bioconcentration factors for Sr of approximately 6 to 9.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
bioconcentration factors (BCF)e2
Value
approximately 6 to 9e2
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

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“Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata accumulated Sr efficiently, meeting the criteria for classification as a Sr hyperaccumulator.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
accumulated Sre2
Qualifier
meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulatorse2
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

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e2

“Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata reached total metal uptake on the order of 10^3 mg/kg at the highest concentrations tested.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
Total metal uptakee3
Value
on the order of 10 3 mg/kge3
Qualifier
at the highest concentrations testede3
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

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e3

“Total metal uptake reached values on the order of 10 3 mg/kg in both species at the highest concentrations tested”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata showed high tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacity.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacitye4
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

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e4

“demonstrating high tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacity”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1088–1161 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata holds significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applications.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
hold significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applicationse5
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e5

“These results suggest that both NE and IG hold significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applications”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 983–1086 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Nephrolepis exaltata may have potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soils.

Taxon
Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) SchottNephrolepis exaltatae0
Outcome
potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soilse6
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Nephrolepis exaltata
Nephrolepis exaltata · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e6

“suggesting their potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soils”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1247 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Neither strontium nor vanadium had a sizable effect on the growth of Iris × germanica.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Treatment
strontium nor vanadiume1
Outcome
growthe1
Direction
no_changeinferrede1
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e1

“The results showed that across tested concentrations, neither strontium nor vanadium exerted any sizable effect on the growth of the two species”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 469–613 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica had translocation factors for Sr consistently above 1, approximately 1.2 to 2.2.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
translocation factors (TF)e2
Direction
abovee2
Value
approximately 1.2–2.2e2
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e2

“Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 615–866 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica had bioconcentration factors for Sr of approximately 6 to 9.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
bioconcentration factors (BCF)e2
Value
approximately 6 to 9e2
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e2

“Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 615–866 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica accumulated Sr efficiently, meeting the criteria for classification as a Sr hyperaccumulator.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
accumulated Sre2
Qualifier
meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulatorse2
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e2

“Both species efficiently accumulated Sr, with translocation factors (TF) consistently above 1 (approximately 1.2–2.2) and bioconcentration factors (BCF) ranging from approximately 6 to 9, meeting the criteria for classification as Sr hyperaccumulators”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 615–866 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica reached total metal uptake on the order of 10^3 mg/kg at the highest concentrations tested.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
Total metal uptakee3
Value
on the order of 10 3 mg/kge3
Qualifier
at the highest concentrations testede3
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e3

“Total metal uptake reached values on the order of 10 3 mg/kg in both species at the highest concentrations tested”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 868–981 · show in text ↑
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica showed high tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacity.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacitye4
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e4

“demonstrating high tolerance to V and substantial root retention capacity”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1088–1161 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica holds significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applications.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
hold significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applicationse5
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e5

“These results suggest that both NE and IG hold significant promise for Sr phytoremediation applications”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 983–1086 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Iris × germanica may have potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soils.

Taxon
Iris × germanica L.Iris germanicae0
Outcome
potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soilse6
Setting
hydroponically cultivatede0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Iris germanica
Iris germanica · TaxonW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“We examined the uptake and the effects of strontium (Sr) and vanadium (V) on the growth of hydroponically cultivated species Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott (NE) and Iris × germanica L. (IG)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–200 · show in text ↑
e6

“suggesting their potential utility in the phytostabilization of V-contaminated soils”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1163–1247 · show in text ↑