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Habermann,Gustavo; Machado,Silvia R.; Guimarães,Vandeir F.; Rodrigues,João D.. |
Styrax camporum is a common shrub species from the cerrado regions of São Paulo State, Brazil. Although its leaves do not have a morphologically delimited pulvinus, the apical leaves are oriented parallel to the sun (paraheliotropic leaves), most notably around noon. Horizontal leaves at the base of shoots are oriented perpendicular to the sun's rays (diaheliotropic leaves). The ecophysiological significance of this is not fully understood. We investigated how paraheliotropism influences daily CO2 assimilation (A) and other gas exchange rates, water relations, leaf temperature (Tl), and how these relate to leaf structure as assessed by anatomical leaf descriptions. Paraheliotropic leaves had greater A and stomatal conductance (g s), which led to greater... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian savanna; Ecophysiology; Gas exchange; Leaf movements; Leaf temperature; Photosynthesis; Styracaceae. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-04202008000100008 |
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