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Noccaea praecox (Wulfen) F.K.Mey.

Brassicaceae Herb

Synonym: Thlaspi praecox

Accumulation profile

Zn Zinc Obligate
20,000 µg g⁻¹ DW
6.7× the zinc threshold
Other zinc accumulators →
Cd Cadmium Facultative
5,800 µg g⁻¹ DW
58× the cadmium threshold
Other cadmium accumulators →
Substrate
Calamine (Zn/Pb/Cd)
Habitat
Mine and smelter soils
Distribution
Southeastern Europe
First reported
2006 · Vogel-Mikuš et al.
Verification
review-cited

Description & ecology

A Balkan pennycress used to study how zinc and cadmium are distributed at the tissue and cellular level in hyperaccumulator leaves.

References

  1. Verbruggen, N., Hermans, C., & Schat, H. (2009). Molecular mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation in plants. New Phytologist, 181, 759–776. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02748.x
  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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