leaf_water_content_per_saturated_mass

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• Label: Leaf water content per unit saturated leaf mass
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011267
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A leaf mass trait [TO:0000505] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of the mass [PATO:0000125] of water [CHEBI:15377] in a saturated leaf [PO:0025034] to the mass of a saturated leaf. A saturated leaf is one that has been hydrated to its maximum [NCIT:C25564] water holding capacity [IOBC:200906064703668091], known as full turgor [PATO:0001620].;The ratio of the mass of water in a leaf (leaf water content) to the mass of a saturated leaf. A saturated leaf is one that has been hydrated to its maximal water holding capacity and is at full turgor.
• Additional comments: None
• units: g/g
• allowable range: 0.1 - 10 g/g

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0011267) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 690 records. This includes:

• data for 103 species.
• data for 21 families.
• data from 8 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)