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Low-level CAM photosynthesis in a succulent-leaved member of the Urticaceae, Pilea peperomioides

Klaus Winter https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0448-2807 A C , Milton Garcia A , Aurelio Virgo A and J. Andrew C. Smith https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-0258 B
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A Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, PO Box 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of Panama.

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

C Corresponding author. Email: winterk@si.edu

Functional Plant Biology 48(7) 683-690 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP20151
Submitted: 2 June 2020  Accepted: 28 October 2020   Published: 8 December 2020

Journal Compilation © CSIRO 2021 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND

Abstract

Pilea peperomioides Diels (Urticaceae) is a semi-succulent herbaceous species native to south-western China that has become popular in cultivation as an ornamental plant. To investigate whether this species possesses the capacity for CAM photosynthesis, measurements were made of CO2 gas exchange and titratable acidity in plants under both well-watered and water-deficit conditions. Plants were found to assimilate CO2 almost exclusively in the light via C3 photosynthesis. However, distinct transient reductions in the rate of net nocturnal CO2 release were consistently observed during the course of the dark period, and under water-deficit conditions one plant exhibited a brief period of net nocturnal CO2 uptake, providing unequivocal evidence of CAM activity. Furthermore, nocturnal increases in titratable acidity in both leaf laminas and petioles were observed in all plants exposed to wet–dry–wet cycles. This is the first report of CAM in the family Urticaceae. The results are discussed in relation to the phylogenetic position of Pilea and the partially shaded montane habitats in which this species is typically found. An updated list of all plant families currently known to contain species with CAM is presented.

Keywords: CAM photosynthesis, Chinese money plant, CO2 fixation, drought stress, nettle, photosynthesis, Pilea peperomioides, succulence, tissue acidity, Urticaceae.


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