Claim · model-written summary
Leaf density increases as photosynthesis and mesophyll conductance decline toward higher latitudes.
- Taxon
- Colobanthus quitensis
Colobanthus quitensise1 - Outcome
- leaf densitye0
- Direction
- increasese0
- Setting
- higher latitudese0
Verbatim
e0“Both AN and gm decrease towards higher latitudes, correlating with increases in leaf mass area and leaf density.”
e1“Colobanthus quitensis is an extremophyte found from southern Mexico to Antarctica”
Title
Olman Gómez-Espinoza; Francisca I. Fuentes; Constanza F. Ramírez; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13060769
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Net photosynthesis decreases toward higher latitudes in C. quitensis.
- Association Mesophyll conductance decreases toward higher latitudes in C. quitensis.
- Association Leaf mass area increases as photosynthesis and mesophyll conductance decline toward higher latitudes.
- Association Calcium oxalate crystal accumulation decreases at higher latitudes.
- Association Calcium oxalate crystal accumulation correlates positively with net photosynthesis.
- Association Calcium oxalate crystal accumulation correlates positively with mesophyll conductance.
- Mechanism The authors propose that xeric traits can reduce CO2 availability and make alarm photosynthesis feasible.