#aluminon

Aluminium accumulation in a temperate accumulating plant

Symplocos paniculata flowering in the Botanical Garden Ulm, Germany. Photo credit: Marco Schmitt Although aluminium (Al) is toxic for the vast majority of angiosperm plants, high concentrations of Al (i.e., > 1,000 mg·kg-1 dry mass) are found in some plants. In a recent study published in AoB PLANTS, Schmitt et al. investigated the Al accumulation behaviour in the temperate, deciduous species…