Photosynthesis of an epiphytic resurrection fern Davallia angustata (Wall .ex Hook. & Grev.)
Rosanne Quinnell A , Daniel Howell A and Raymond J. Ritchie B C
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A The School of Life and Environmental Science, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
B Tropical Plant Biology Unit, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University – Phuket, Kathu, Phuket 83120 Thailand.
C Corresponding author. Email: Raymond.r@phuket.psu.ac.th; Raymond.Ritchie@uni.sydney.edu.au
Australian Journal of Botany 65(4) 348-356 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT16222
Submitted: 4 November 2016 Accepted: 19 May 2017 Published: 29 June 2017
Abstract
Davallia (Pachypleuria) angustata (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) is a common epiphytic fern that grows on tree trucks and palm trees in south-east Asia. The plant is a resurrection plant, capable of rapid recovery from desiccation, but is not a CAM plant like some other epiphytic ferns. Under well-watered conditions Davallia shows a diurnal cycle of photosynthesis with maxima in mid-morning ~0900 hours (solar time). Under optimum conditions, the optimum irradiance (Eopt) = 879.3 ± 65.31 μmol photons m–2 s–1 or ~45% of full sunlight qualifying it as a sun plant. The maximum photosynthetic electron transport rate (ETRmax) was 77.77 ± 3.423 μmol e– m–2 s–1 or, on a Chl a basis 350 ± 36.0 μmol g–1 (Chl a) s–1. The photosynthetic efficiency (α0) is α0 = 0.2404 ± 0.02076 e– photon–1 or 1.082 ± 0.137 e– photon m2 g–1 (Chl a). Eopt and maximum photosynthesis (ETRmax) are directly proportional to one another (y = mx, r = 0.8813, P < <0.001). The slope of the line is the average photosynthetic efficiency at optimum irradiance (ETRmax/Eopt or αEopt = 0.07505 ± 0.00262 e– photon–1), equivalent to a mean asymptotic photosynthetic efficiency (α0) of 0.2040 ± 0.00712 e– photon–1. This simple relationship between ETRmax and Eopt does not appear to have been noted before. There is some accumulation of titratable acid in the morning but no accumulation of organic acids at night. Davallia is not a CAM plant. A simple pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) protocol shows that Davallia is a homiochlorophyllous resurrection plant.
Additional keywords: Davallia, desiccation, PAM fluorometry, photosynthesis, recovery, resurrection plant.
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