This list covers known nickel hyperaccumulators, accumulators or plant species tolerant to nickel.
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Contaminant | Accumulation rates (in mg/kg of dry weight) | Latin name | English name | H-Hyperaccumulator or A-Accumulator P-Precipitator T-Tolerant | Notes | Sources |
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Ni | 9090 | Alyssum akamasicum B.L. Burtt (Brassica) | Distrib. Cyprus | [1] | ||
Ni | 4480 | Alyssum alpestre L (Brassica) | Distrib. S. Europe | [1] | ||
Ni | 8170 | Alyssum anatolicum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 29400 | Alyssum argenteum All. (Brassica) | Distrib. Italy | [1] | ||
Ni | 10200 | Alyssum bertolonii subsp. Scutarinum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Balkans | [1] | ||
Ni | 10900 | Alyssum callicrum Boiss. and Balansa (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 16500 | Alyssum carcium T.R. Dudley & Huber-Morath (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 20000 | Alyssum cassium Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 16300 | Alyssum chondrogynum B.L. Blurtt (Brassica) | Distrib. Cyprus | [1] | ||
Ni | 13500 | Alyssum cilicium Boiss. and Balansa (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 4900 | Alyssum condensatum Boiss. And Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Iraq, Syria | [1] | ||
Ni | 18100 | Alyssum constellatum Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 13500 | Alyssum corsicum Duby (Brassica) | Distrib. Corsica | [1] | ||
Ni | 10400 | Alyssum crenulatum Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 23600 | Alyssum cypricum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Cyprus | [1] | ||
Ni | 19600 | Alyssum davisianum T.R. Dudley (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 11700 | Alyssum discolor T.R. Dudley & Huber-Morah (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 16500 | Alyssum dubertretii gomb (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 4550 | Alyssum euboeum Halacsy (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 11500 | Alyssum eriophyllum Boiss. and Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 3960 | Alyssum fallacinum Boiss. and Balansa (Brassica) | Distrib. Crete | [1] | ||
Ni | 7700 | Alyssum floribundum Boiss. and Balansa (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 7390 | Alyssum giosnanum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 12500 | Alyssum heldreichii Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece. Concentration of nickel in the seeds (1880 mg/g d. w.) is much lower than that in other plant parts.[2] | [1] | ||
Ni | 13500 | Alyssum huber-morathii T.R.Dudley (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 22400 | Alyssum lesbiacum (P. candargi) Rech.f. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 13700 | Alyssum markgrafii O.E. Schulz (Brassica) | Distrib. Albania | [1] | ||
Ni | 24300 | Alyssum masmenkaeum Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 7080 | Alyssum murale Wealdstandkit (Brassica) | Distrib. Balkans | [1] | ||
Ni | 4590 | Alyssum obovatum (C.A. Mey) Turez (Brassica) | Distrib. Russia | [1] | ||
Ni | 7290 | Alyssum oxycarpum Boiss. And Balansa (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 7600 | Alyssum peltarioides subsp. Virgatiforme Nyar. T.R. Dudley) (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 21100 | Alyssum pinifolium (Nyar.) T.R. Dudley (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 22200 | Alyssum pterocarpum T.R. Dudley (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 12500 | Alyssum robertianum Bernard ex Godronand Gren (Brassica) | Distrib. Corsica | [1] | ||
Ni | 7860 | Alyssum penjwinensis T.R. Dudley (Brassica) | Distrib. Iraq | [1] | ||
Ni | 18900 | Alyssum samariferum Boiss. & Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Samar | [1] | ||
Ni | up to 10,000 (leaves) | Alyssum serpyllifolium (Brassica) | Distrib. Portugal | [1] | ||
Ni | 1280 | Alyssum singarense Boiss. And Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Iraq | [1] | ||
Ni | 10200 | Alyssum syriacum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Syria | [1] | ||
Ni | 6600 | Alyssum smolikanum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 3420 | Alyssum tenium Halacsy (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 11900 | Alyssum trapeziforme Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 17100 | Alyssum trodii Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 6230 | Alyssum virgatum Nyar. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | Azolla filiculoides | Pacific mosquitofern | Cu(A), Pb(A), Mn(A) | Origin Africa; floating plant | [3] | |
Ni | 11400 | Bornmuellaria sp. petri Greuter Charpion et Dittrich (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 21300 | Bornmuellaria baldacii (Degen) Heywood (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 19200 | Bornmuellaria glabrescens (Boiss. & Balansa) Cullen & T.R. Dudley (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 31200 | Bornmuellaria tymphea (Hausskn.) Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | Brassicaeae | Cd(H), Cs(H), Ni(H), Sr(H), Zn(H) | Phytoextraction | [4] | ||
Ni | Brassica juncea | Indian mustard | Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(A), Pb(A), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(A) | cultivated | [3][4][5] | |
Ni | H- | Burkea africana | Elevated levels of Ni in the embryonic axis in the seeds.[6] | |||
Ni | 1050 | Cardamine resedifolia L. (Brassica) | Distrib. Italy | [1] | ||
Ni | 540–1220 | Cuscuta californica var. breviflora Engelm. (Cuscutaceae) | A parasite of Streptanthus polygaloides as well as other species, it can accumulate Ni if the plant host contains some. See 'metal tolerance' in Phytoremediation article. | [7] | ||
Ni | Helianthus annuus | Sunflower | Phytoextraction & rhizofiltration | [4] | ||
Ni | Hybanthus floribundus | Shrub violet | [8][9] | |||
Ni | Ocimum centraliafricanum | Copper plant | Cu(T), Ni(T) | Origin Southern Africa | [10] | |
Ni | 18900 | Peltaria dumulosa Post (Brassica) | Distrib. Asia | [1] | ||
Ni | 34400 | Peltaria emarginata (Boiss.) Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 3140[1] | Pseudosempervirum sempervium Boiss. And Balansa) Pobed (Brassica) | 372 plants noted; origin California (distrib. Turkey[1]) | [8][11] | ||
Ni | 17600[1] | Pseudosempervirum aucheri (Boiss.) Pobed (Brassica) | 372 plants noted; origin California (distrib. Turkey[1]) | [8][11] | ||
Ni | 14,900 to 27,700, up to 32,000[12] | Psychotria douarrei | Older leaves contain more Ca, Fe, and Cr than younger leaves, but less K, P, and Cu. Zn, Pb, Co, Mn, Mg show no significant variation due to leaf age.[12] | Origin New Caledonia; 372 records of plants.[8] Ni contents in leaves of P. douarrei vary considerably due to leaf age.[12] | [11] | |
Ni | 17500 | Rinorea bengalensis | Ni(H) | Origin Asia | ||
Ni | 18000 | Rinorea niccolifera | none | Ni(H) | Origin Philippines | [13] |
Ni | H- | Salvinia molesta | Water Fern | Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A) | Origin India | [3] |
Ni | H-up to 26% in xylem | Pycnandra acuminata | Origin Caledonia | [1] | ||
Ni | H- | Senecio coronatus | Presence of nickel in the part of the fruit covering the radicle and in the radicle itself.[14] | |||
Ni | 1000 | Shorea tenuiramulosa (Dipterocarpaceae) | Philippine tree | Proctor et al. . (1989) | ||
Ni | Spirodela polyrhiza | Giant Duckweed | Cd(H), Cr(H), Pb(H), Zn(A) | Native to North America | [3][8][15] | |
Ni | 21,500 | Stackhousia tryonii Bailey (Stackhousiaceae) | Origin western Australia | Batianoff et al. 1990. | ||
Ni | 14800 | Streptanthus polygaloides Gray (Brassica) | Milkwort Jewelflower | Ni-hyperaccumulation protects S. polygaloides against fungal and bacterial pathogens. | [1] | |
Ni | 2000 | Thlaspi bulbosum Spruner ex Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 16200[1] | Thlaspi caerulescens | Alpine pennycress | Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo(H), Pb(H), Zn(H) | phytoextraction | [1][3][4][8][16][17][18][19] |
Ni | 52120 | Thlaspi cypricum Brnm. (Brassica) | Distrib. Cyprus | [1] | ||
Ni | 20800 | Thlaspi elegans Boiss. (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 3000 | Thlaspi epirotum Halacsy (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 12000 | Thlaspi goesingense Halacsy (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 2440 | Thlaspi japonicum H. Boissieu (Brassica) | Distrib. Japan | [1] | ||
Ni | 26900 | Thlaspi jaubertii Hedge (Brassica) | Distrib. Turkey | [1] | ||
Ni | 13600 | Thlaspi Kovatsii Heuffel (Brassica) | Distrib. Yugoslavia | [1] | ||
Ni | 5530 | Thlaspi montanum L. var. Montanum (Brassica) | Distrib. U.S.A. Ni-hyperaccumulation protects T. montanum against fungal and bacterial pathogens. | [1] | ||
Ni | H- | Thlaspi pindicum (Brassica) | Sp. endemic to serpentine soils in Greece and Albania. Ni relatively abundant in some parts of the seed (mainly the micropyle).[20] | |||
Ni | 4000 | Thlaspi ochroleucum Boiss. and Heldr. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 35600 | Thlaspi oxyceras (Boiss.) Hedge (Brassica) | distrib. Turkey, Syria | [1] | ||
Ni | 18300 | Thlaspi rotundifolium (L.) Gaudin var. corymbosum (Gay) (Brassica) | Central Europe | [1] | ||
Ni | 31000 | Thlaspi sylvium (as T. alpinim subsp. Sylvium) (Brassica) | Central Europe | [1] | ||
Ni | 1800 | Thlaspi tymphaneum Hausskn. (Brassica) | Distrib. Greece | [1] | ||
Ni | 7000 ( only 54 in fruits) | Walsura monophylla Elm. (Meliaceae) | Origin Philippines. | Baker et al. (1992) [21] |
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