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A nickel-accumulating plant from Western Australia

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A small shrub Hybanthus floribundus (Lindl.) F. Muell. Violaceae growing in Western Australia accumulates nickel and cobalt to a very high degree. Values of up to 23% nickel in leaf ash may represent the highest relative accumulation of a metal on record. The high accumulation of nickel poses interesting problems in plant physiology and plant biochemistry.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    B. C. Severne & R. R. Brooks

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Severne, B.C., Brooks, R.R. A nickel-accumulating plant from Western Australia. Planta 103, 91–94 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00394610

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