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PHOTOSYNTHETICA
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 551-557Publisher
ACAD SCIENCES CZECH REPUBLIC, INST EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000027519.26832.f3
Keywords
chlorophyll; daily carbon gain; Dipterocarpus; Dryobalanops; respiration; Sarawak; sepal; Shorea; tropical rainforest; vatica
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The photosynthetic rate of seed wings developed from sepals was compared with the leaf photosynthetic rate in nine dip-terocarp tree species (Dipterocarpus pachyphyllus, Dryobalanops aromatica, Dryobalanops lanceolata, Shorea beccariana, Shorea ferruginea, Shorea macroptera ssp. bailonii, Shorea macroptera ssp. macropterifolia, Shorea pilosa, and Vatica spp.). The wings showed positive photosynthetic activity, but at much lower rates than in the leaves. The daily CO2 uptake of wings showed slightly negative values in diurnal gas exchange measurements, even in D. aromatica that showed the highest photosynthetic capacity of all nine species. This low photosynthetic rate in the wings may be the result of low nitrogen and chlorophyll contents in the wing compared with leaves. However, the wings had a higher C/N ratio than leaves, and were thicker. Hence, dipterocarp wings have physical strength and defence against herbivores as higher priorities than photosynthetic activity.
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