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Evolutionary Aspects of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in the Crassulaceae

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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 114))

Abstract

The CAM pathway is taxonomically widespread and is believed to be used by about 16 000 species of vascular plants (see p. 9), a figure that includes more than 6% of all angiosperms. In addition, CAM has been reported in certain advanced groups of lower vascular plants (Isoetes; see Chap. 18) and in the specialized gymnosperm Welxvitschia mirabilis (Schulze et al. 1976; Winter 1985).

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  1. Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, CH, The Netherlands

    E. A. H. Pilon-Smits, H. ’t Hart & J. van Brederode

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  1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama

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  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK

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  3. Magdalen College, Oxford, OX1 4AU, UK

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Pilon-Smits, E.A.H., Hart, H., van Brederode, J. (1996). Evolutionary Aspects of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in the Crassulaceae. In: Winter, K., Smith, J.A.C. (eds) Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. Ecological Studies, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79060-7_24

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