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Sedum alfredii Hance

Crassulaceae Herb

Accumulation profile

Cd Cadmium Facultative
900 µg g⁻¹ DW
9× the cadmium threshold
Other cadmium accumulators →
Zn Zinc Facultative
19,600 µg g⁻¹ DW
6.5× the zinc threshold
Other zinc accumulators →
Substrate
Contaminated (Zn/Pb mining areas)
Habitat
Old mine sites
Distribution
China (southeastern)
First reported
2002 · Yang et al.
Verification
review-cited

Description & ecology

Mined-land populations of this Chinese stonecrop hyperaccumulate both cadmium and zinc and are a leading system for phytoextraction research in Asia.

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

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