Abstract
Plant samples collected from 17 populations of 9 taxa of the generaDianthus, Minuartia, Scleranthus, andSilene (Caryophyllaceae), growing in 14 metalliferous sites of N Greece, and surface soil samples from their growth area were analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ca, Mg. Metal uptake varies considerably between the populations. A resistance mechanism excluding Cu and Pb from the aerial parts of the plants over a wide range of the soil concentrations up to a critical soil level appeared to exist, whereas Zn concentrations in plants were analogously related to those of the soil.Scleranthus perennis subsp.perennis showed the highest Cu concentration (205 µg/g), whereasMinuartia cf.bulgarica hyperaccumulated Pb (1175 µg/g). Ca concentrations in plants were in most cases much higher than those in soil, whereas the contrary was true for Mg. As a result the Ca/Mg ratio, which was in almost all cases lower than 1 in the soil, was much increased in the plants.
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Konstantinou, M., Babalonas, D. Metal uptake byCaryophyllaceae species from metalliferous soils in northern Greece. Pl Syst Evol 203, 1–10 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985233
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