title: The photosynthetic pathway types of some desert plants from India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iraq.
abstract: Plants collected from different habitats in the deserts of India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iraq were screened for their photosynthetic CO2-fixation pathways using δ13C and δD values. The analyses comprised 128 species belonging to 108 genera and 46 families. Neither the C4nor the CAM pathway was prevalent in the plant families analyzed except in Poaceae, where C4metabolism absolutely dominated. Of 93 dicotyledonous plants, only 10 exhibited a C4pathway and only 2 were CAM plants. The study shows that some species reported by other workers as C4plants are clearly C3ones.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität, D-8000, München, Germany.|Institut für Radiohydrometrie der Gesellschaft fü Strahlen-und Umweltforschung mbH, D-8000, München, Germany.|Botany Department, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ziegler
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität, D-8000, München, Germany.|Institut für Radiohydrometrie der Gesellschaft fü Strahlen-und Umweltforschung mbH, D-8000, München, Germany.|Botany Department, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Batanouny
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität, D-8000, München, Germany.|Institut für Radiohydrometrie der Gesellschaft fü Strahlen-und Umweltforschung mbH, D-8000, München, Germany.|Botany Department, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sankhla
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität, D-8000, München, Germany.|Institut für Radiohydrometrie der Gesellschaft fü Strahlen-und Umweltforschung mbH, D-8000, München, Germany.|Botany Department, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut der Technischen Universität, D-8000, München, Germany.|Institut für Radiohydrometrie der Gesellschaft fü Strahlen-und Umweltforschung mbH, D-8000, München, Germany.|Botany Department, University of Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stichler