Phyllanthus rufuschaneyi: a new nickel hyperaccumulator from Sabah (Borneo Island) with potential for tropical agromining

Abstract Background Nickel hyperaccumulator plants are of much interest for their evolution and unique ecophysiology, and also for potential applications in agromining—a novel technology that uses plants to extract valuable metals from soil. The majority of nickel hyperaccumulators are known from ul...

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Main Authors: Roderick Bouman, Peter van Welzen, Sukaibin Sumail, Guillaume Echevarria, Peter D. Erskine, Antony van der Ent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:Botanical Studies
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40529-018-0225-y