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Flexibility in CO₂ — Fixation Pathway of a Highland Kalanchoë, Kalanchoë petitiana A. Rich.

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M. Fetene

Institut für Botanik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, FRG

Permanent address — Department of Biology, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie Universität Bayreuth Universitätsstraße 30 D-8580 Bayreuth Federal Republic of GermanySearch for more papers by this author

U. Lüttge,

U. Lüttge

Institut für Botanik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, FRG

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H. Ziegler,

H. Ziegler

Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, München, FRG

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M. Fetene,

Corresponding Author

M. Fetene

Institut für Botanik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, FRG

Permanent address — Department of Biology, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie Universität Bayreuth Universitätsstraße 30 D-8580 Bayreuth Federal Republic of GermanySearch for more papers by this author

U. Lüttge,

U. Lüttge

Institut für Botanik, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, FRG

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H. Ziegler,

H. Ziegler

Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, München, FRG

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First published: October 1991

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1991.tb00244.x

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Abstract

Photosynthetic flexibility and water use efficiency of Kalanchoë petitiana A. Rich., a facultative CAM plant endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia, were investigated to determine the physiological determinants for the ecological success of the plant. Both field measurements of δ¹³C and greenhouse gas exchange studies showed a shift from C₃ photosynthesis to CAM as leaves aged or at the onset of water stress. Recycling of CO₂ was observed in developing leaves without concomitant net CO₂ uptake. Accumulation of malate was positively correlated with increased cell sap osmolality and improved daily water use efficiency. The importance of flexibility in carbon uptake pathway and of recycling CO₂ for the ecological success of the plant is discussed.

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