| Title: | The Assessment and the Within-Plant Variation of the Morpho-Physiological Traits and VOCs Profile in Endemic and Rare Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae) |
| Author(s): | Vescio R; Abenavoli MR; Araniti F; Musarella CM; Sofo A; Laface VLA; Spampinato G; Sorgona A; |
| Address: | "Department of Agricultural Sciences, 'Mediterranea' University of Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, Universita Degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy. Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures, Architecture, Environment, Cultural Heritage (DiCEM), University of Basilicata, Via Lanera 20, 75100 Matera, Italy" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2223-7747 (Print) 2223-7747 (Electronic) 2223-7747 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Salvia ceratophylloides (Ard.) is an endemic and rare plant species recently rediscovered as very few individuals at two different Southern Italy sites. The study of within-plant variation is fundamental to understand the plant adaptation to the local conditions, especially in rare species, and consequently to preserve plant biodiversity. Here, we reported the variation of the morpho-ecophysiological and metabolic traits between the sessile and petiolate leaf of S. ceratophylloides plants at two different sites for understanding the adaptation strategies for surviving in these habitats. The S. ceratophylloides individuals exhibited different net photosynthetic rate, maximum quantum yield, light intensity for the saturation of the photosynthetic machinery, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, leaf area, fractal dimension, and some volatile organic compounds (VOCs) between the different leaf types. This within-plant morpho-physiological and metabolic variation was dependent on the site. These results provide empirical evidence of sharply within-plant variation of the morpho-physiological traits and VOCs profiles in S. ceratophylloides, explaining the adaptation to the local conditions" |
| Keywords: | Salvia ceratophylloides Ard.Voc gas exchanges leaf mass area rare species within-plant plasticity; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEVescio, Rosa Abenavoli, Maria Rosa Araniti, Fabrizio Musarella, Carmelo Maria Sofo, Adriano Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid Spampinato, Giovanni Sorgona, Agostino eng Switzerland 2021/04/04 Plants (Basel). 2021 Mar 3; 10(3):474. doi: 10.3390/plants10030474" |
