Leucocroton flavicans
Accumulation profile
- Substrate
- Ultramafic (serpentine)
- Habitat
- Cuban serpentine (charrascal)
- Distribution
- Cuba
- First reported
- 1996 · Reeves et al.
- Verification
- review-cited
Description & ecology
One of many nickel-hyperaccumulating Euphorbiaceae endemic to Cuba's ancient serpentine soils, a global hotspot of the trait.
References
- Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Borhidi, A., & Berazaín, R. (1996). Nickel-accumulating plants from the ancient serpentine soils of Cuba. New Phytologist, 133, 217–224. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01888.x
- 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