Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F.Muell.

Accumulation profile

Substrate

Ultramafic (serpentine)

Habitat

Nickel-rich lateritic and ultramafic soils

Distribution

Australia (Western Australia)

First reported

1974 · Severne & Brooks

Verification

review-cited

Description & ecology

One of the first Australian nickel hyperaccumulators recognised, used historically in biogeochemical nickel prospecting.

References

1. 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 APA BibTeX RIS
2. van der Ent, A., Baker, A. J. M., Reeves, R. D., Pollard, A. J., & Schat, H. (2013). Hyperaccumulators of metal and metalloid trace elements: facts and fiction. Plant and Soil, 362, 319–334. doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1287-3 APA BibTeX RIS

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