A nickel-accumulating plant from Western Australia.
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.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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