Abstract

Measurements of leaf thickness and δ13C value were obtained for twenty species and three intergeneric hybrids of the Crassulaceae. The data include plants growing in their native habitats and also in greenhouse cultivation. There is a strong relationship between leaf thickness and leaf δ13C values. The plants with the thickest leaves of ca. 7 to 11 mm had δ13C values ranging from -11.5‰ to -13.8‰. Plants with leaves that were thinner than 2.0 mm all had δ13C values that were more negative than -23‰. Plants having intermediate leaf thickness possessed intermediate δ13C values. The leaf tissue of four genotypes spanning the range of leaf thicknesses all exhibited a two-fold or greater nocturnal increase in titratable acidity. It appears that the differences in leaf thickness and δ13C values among the tested species are genetically determined.

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