leaf_mass_per_area

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• Label: Leaf mass per area
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011230
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A leaf morphology trait [TO:0000748] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of the leaf dry [PATO:0001824] mass [PATO:0000125] to the leaf [PO:0025034] area [PATO:0001323], measured on an entire leaf, including the entire leaf lamina [PO:0020039] and the petiole [PO:0020038].;The ratio of leaf dry mass to leaf area, measured on an entire leaf including the petiole; LMA. (The inverse of specific leaf area, SLA.)
• Additional comments: Leaf mass per area includes measurements submitted as `specific_leaf_area` (SLA); they are simply inverted. Leaf mass per area is explicitly measured on an entire leaf, including the petiole. Measurements made on a piece of the leaf lamina, excluding petiole and midrib, are a separate trait `leaf_lamina_mass_per_area`. If measurements are made on the entire leaf lamina, but the petiole is excluded, this should be noted in the methods or under `measurement_remarks`.
• units: g/m2
• allowable range: 1 - 3000 g/m2

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011230) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 32,937 records. This includes:

• data for 4,089 species.
• data for 185 families.
• data from 154 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)