LEAF MORPHOLOGY AND CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION VALUES IN PURPLE SPURGE (EUPHORBIA-PEPLIS L)

Authors
PATRIGNANI G CARRARO L IACUMIN P ORSENIGO M
Citation
G. Patrignani et al., LEAF MORPHOLOGY AND CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION VALUES IN PURPLE SPURGE (EUPHORBIA-PEPLIS L), Israel journal of plant sciences, 44(1), 1996, pp. 11-18
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Israel journal of plant sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
07929978
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
11 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0792-9978(1996)44:1<11:LMACDV>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Among the numerous species of the family Euphorbiaceae the photosynthe tic carbon fixation follows three pathways: C3, C4, CAM. The object of the present research was Euphorbia peplis L., grown and collected on a Mediterranean coast. Leaf anatomy and ultrastructure together with c arbon isotope discrimination measurements indicated that E. peplis is ascribable to the NADP-malic enzyme C4 photosynthetic type.