Gas exchanges of three co-occurring species of Cypripedium in a scrubland in the Hengduan Mountains |
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Authors: | S B Zhang H Hu K Xu Z R Li |
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Institution: | (1) Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650204, China |
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Abstract: | Gas exchanges and related leaf traits of three co-occurring species of genus Cypripedium (C. yunnanense Franch., C. guttatum SW., and C. flavum P.F. Hunt et Summerch.) were investigated in a scrubland at 3 460 m a.s.l. in the Hengduan Mountains. The considered species had similar
photosynthetic responses to photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) and air temperature. The photosynthetic capacity (P
max), carboxylation efficiency (CE), apparent quantum efficiency (AQE), PPFD-saturated rate of electron transport (Jmax), respiration rate (R
D), and leaf nitrogen content per unit area (LNC) of C. guttatum were higher than those of C. yunnanense and C. flavum. The highest P
max of C. guttatum was related to the highest LNC and the lowest ratio of intercellular CO2 concentration to atmospheric CO2 concentration (C
i/C
a). However, no significant differences in stomatal conductance (g
s) and relative stomatal limitations (RSL) were observed among the three species. Hence biochemical limitation had a dominant
role in P
max differences among the considered species. |
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Keywords: | alpine environment apparent quantum efficiency carboxylation efficiency CO2 concentration conservation leaf nitrogen content respiration rate stomatal conductance |
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