leaf_CN_ratio

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• Label: Leaf carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N)
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0000090
• Type: numeric
• Definition: The ratio [PATO:0001470] of the mass [PATO:0000125] of carbon [CHEBI:27594] in a leaf [PO:0025034] to the mass of nitrogen [CHEBI:25555] in the leaf.;The ratio of the mass of carbon in a leaf to the mass of nitrogen in the leaf.
• Additional comments: Includes measurements on leaf analogs, including cladodes and phylloclades.
• units: g/g
• allowable range: 10 - 1000 g/g

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0000090) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 1,045 records. This includes:

• data for 125 species.
• data for 45 families.
• data from 9 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)