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ArticleOecologia2025

Contrasting water, dry matter and air contents distinguish orthophylls, sclerophylls and succophylls (leaf succulents).

Byron B Lamont, Heather C Lamont

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Article in Oecologia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Byron B LamontEcology Section, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, PO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia. b.lamont@curtin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9279-7149
Heather C Lamont, 27 Windchime Tce, Atwell, WA, 6164, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differences in leaf texture (hardness, thickness) distinguish orthophylls (soft leaves), sclerophylls (hard leaves) and (semi)succophylls (water-storing leaves). Texture is controlled by dry matter, water and air contents. Our aim was to a) identify the best index of succulence, b) assess how these three components vary with leaf type, and c) derive bounds for these properties among the four main leaf-texture classes. Eight contrasting species from the Namib Desert, South Africa were assessed for their leaf area (A), thickness (z), dry mass (D), saturated water content (Q), and relative volume of dry matter, water and air to derive various indices of leaf texture. Q/A (= Q

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Plant LeavesWaterAirSouth AfricaWaterArid climateLeaf density and thicknessLeaf succulentsLeaf textureLeaf water contentSLA

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PMID40111483
PMCPMC11926024

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