Hydraulic architecture, water relations and vulnerability to cavitation of Clusia uvitana Pittier : a C3 -CAM tropical hemiepiphyte
Clusia uvitana Pittíer (Clusiacea) is a tropical hemiepiphyte that has been shown to display a high plasticity in the expression of CAM in response to the environment. When water is available CO2 is taken up mostly during the- day. This study of the water relations and hydraulic architecture has rev...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The New phytologist. - 1979. - 127(1994), 2 vom: 25. Juni, Seite 287-295 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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1994
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The New phytologist |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Clusia uvitana cavitation hydraulic architecture water relations |
| Zusammenfassung: | Clusia uvitana Pittíer (Clusiacea) is a tropical hemiepiphyte that has been shown to display a high plasticity in the expression of CAM in response to the environment. When water is available CO2 is taken up mostly during the- day. This study of the water relations and hydraulic architecture has revealed that leaf water potentials, £ ranged from 0-7 to -0.9 MPa and changed very little with time or water availability. The absolute hydraulic conductivity of stem segments (K,) and the specific conductivity (K1 ) were comparable to many other temperate and tropical species, but the leaf specificity conductivity (K1 ) was 1/3 to 1/30 that of many other species. So stems supported high leaf areas per unit of hydraulic conductivity. C uvitana was very vulnerable to cavitation, reaching 50 % loss of hydraulic conductivity at stem £=1.3 MPa. The species survives in spite of low K1 and high xylem vulnerability, because the CAM physiology insures low transpiration rates and high ability to evade dehydration |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Revised 20.04.2021 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1469-8137 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1994.tb04279.x |