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Gossia fragrantissima (F.Muell. ex Benth.) N.Snow & Guymer

sweet myrtle

Myrtaceae Shrub

Synonym: Austromyrtus fragrantissima

Accumulation profile

Mn Manganese Obligate
17,400 µg g⁻¹ DW
1.7× the manganese threshold
Other manganese accumulators →
Zn Zinc Facultative
13,000 µg g⁻¹ DW
4.3× the zinc threshold
Other zinc accumulators →
Substrate
Various (rainforest)
Habitat
Subtropical rainforest
Distribution
Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
First reported
2021 · Abubakari et al.
Verification
primary-measured

Description & ecology

A multi-metal hyperaccumulator: Abubakari et al. (2021) measured 17,400 µg/g Mn and 13,000 µg/g Zn without toxicity symptoms.

The same study recorded 545 µg/g Co (above the 300 µg/g Co threshold); cobalt is not listed as a headline metal here because it is single-source and, per the site's cobalt-caution rule, warrants independent confirmation.

References

  1. Abubakari, F., Nkrumah, P. N., Fernando, D. R., Brown, G. K., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2021). Incidence of hyperaccumulation and tissue-level distribution of manganese, cobalt and zinc in the genus Gossia (Myrtaceae). Metallomics, 13, mfab008. doi:10.1093/mtomcs/mfab008
  2. Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907

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