leaf_NP_ratio

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• Label: Leaf nitrogen to phosphorus ratio (N/P) per unit leaf dry mass
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0000091
• Type: numeric
• Definition: The ratio [PATO:0001470] of the mass [PATO:0000125] of nitrogen [CHEBI:25555] in a leaf [PO:0025034] to the mass of phosphorus [CHEBI:28659] in the leaf.;The ratio of the mass of nitrogen in a leaf to the mass of phosphorus in the leaf.
• Additional comments: Includes measurements on leaf analogs, including cladodes and phylloclades.
• units: g/g
• allowable range: 1 - 100 g/g

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0000091) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 1,427 records. This includes:

• data for 143 species.
• data for 37 families.
• data from 8 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)