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Plants of the widely distributed species Heliotropium curassavicum L. have a large photosynthetic acclimation potential to temperature. There are, however, some differences among the acclimation potentials of populations occupying dissimilar thermal regimes. Plants of populations originating from a cool maritime climate have a greater acclimation potential than plants of populations originating from a desert habitat, which is characterized by large seasonal changes in temperature.
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Mooney, H.A. Photosynthetic plasticity of populations of Heliotropium curassavicum L. originating from differing thermal regimes. Oecologia 45, 372–376 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00540208
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