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Suaeda monoica, a C₄ Plant without Typical Bundle Sheaths

Department of Botany, Tel Aviv University, The Dr. George S. Wise Center for Life Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel

Suaeda monoica Forssk. ex J. F. Gmel was found to possess the C₄ pathway of photosynthesis. The succulent leaves of Suaeda lack a green bundle sheath formation but have a layer of chlorenchyma, containing large and centripetally arranged chloroplasts, which surrounds the water tissue. We suggest that the proximity of a chlorenchymatous cell layer to the vascular bundles is not necessary for the operation of the C₄ pathway.

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