Electronic Resource
Springer
Plant ecology
97 (1991), S. 149-160
ISSN:
1573-5052
Keywords:
Biomass
;
Floating-leaved plants
;
Heterophylly
;
Leaf area index
;
Leaf life span
;
Photosynthesis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Photosynthetic capacity of floating-leaved plants is relatively high comparable with terrestrial herbaceous plants, though floating-leaved plants have a much smaller biomass with a leaf area index seldom exceeding 2m2m-2. Their rather small biomass accumulation is related to higher turnover of leaf biomass or shorter leaf life span. Life span of floating leaves reported in the literature ranged mostly from 13 to 35 days, shorter than that of any other groups of herbaceous macrophytes. Floating-leaved plants are known to show considerably high plasticity in their leaf form. Leaf life span could be prolonged for Nymphoides peltata (Gmel.) O. Kuntze grown in a terrestrial environment and for emergent leaves of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. Their short leaf life span seems to be closely related to the fact that old leaves covered by newly formed ones are inevitably compelled to be submerged and lose their function as a photosynthetic apparatus.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00035388
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