caa a22 4500 477038581 CHVBK 20180405111311.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00985816 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00985816 Ecophysiology and distribution of the endemic leafless spurge Euphorbia aphylla and the introduced E. tirucalli ( Euphorbiaceae, Euphorbia sect. Tirucalli ) in the Canary Islands [Elektronische Daten] [Bruno Mies, Maria Jiménez, Domingo Morales] The leafless spurgeEuphorbia aphylla (Euphorbiaceae), an endemic species restricted to several of the Canary Islands where it inhabits coastal and arid localities, expresses Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) when it is subjected to summer drought. A flexible CAM is consistent with the general ecology of the species. It is the only member of sect.Tirucalli native to the Canary Islands and is at the north-western edge of the section's biogeographical range. The other members of the section have a paleotropic distribution and are found throughout Africa. Many of them are regarded as obligate CAM plants, includingE. tirucalli which was used as a comparison in ecophysiological experiments examining the response ofE. aphylla to drought and temperature. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Euphorbiaceae nationallicence Euphorbia aphylla nationallicence E. tirucalli nationallicence CO2 gas exchange nationallicence carbon isotope ratio nationallicence CAM nationallicence speciation nationallicence ecology nationallicence Canary Islands nationallicence Mies Bruno Institut für Ökologische Pflanzenphysiologie, Abteilung Geobotanik, Universität Düsseldorf, Geb. 26. 13 Eb.U1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany aut Jiménez Maria Depto. Biologia Vegetal, Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Islands Canarias, España aut Morales Domingo Depto. Biologia Vegetal, Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Islands Canarias, España aut Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 202/1-2(1996-03-01), 27-36 0378-2697 202:1-2<27 1996 202 606 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985816 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985816 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mies Bruno Institut für Ökologische Pflanzenphysiologie, Abteilung Geobotanik, Universität Düsseldorf, Geb. 26. 13 Eb.U1, D-40225, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiménez Maria Depto. Biologia Vegetal, Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Islands Canarias, España aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morales Domingo Depto. Biologia Vegetal, Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38207, La Laguna, Tenerife, Islands Canarias, España aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 202/1-2(1996-03-01), 27-36 0378-2697 202:1-2<27 1996 202 606 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer