hyperaccumulator
English
Etymology
hyper- + accumulator
Noun
hyperaccumulator (plural hyperaccumulators)
- (biology) Any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.
- 2000, Donald L. Wise, Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils, page 735:
- Hyperaccumulator species are able to accumulate higher metal concentrations in their shoots than surrounding nonaccumulator plants, even from soils containing nonphytotoxic background levels of metals [35-37].
- 2008, M. N. V. Prasad, Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients, page 72:
- Also, the progress of constructing ideal hyperaccumulators by using biological technologies is slow.
- 2010, Peter M. Kopittke, Enzo Lombi, Neal W. Menzies, Ravi Naidu, 21: Principles of Plant-based Remediation of Contaminated Soils, Bharat P. Singh (editor), Industrial Crops and Uses, page 448,
- To date, over 400 species have been identified as hyperaccumulators, with this number increasing continuously as new species are identified (Baker et al., 2000).
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Related terms
- hyperaccumulation
See also
- phytomining
- phytoremediation
