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Oxalates and Ionic Equilibria in Australian Saltbushes (Atriplex)

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CATION absorption in Atriplex species is partly balanced by concurrent chloride absorption1,2, and, in all species so far examined, organic acid anions, principally oxalate, balance most of the residual cation excess. Atriplex has been known for some time to contain considerable deposits of calcium oxalate crystals in leaf tissue3 and this communication discusses the quantitative significance of oxalates in the genus.

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OSMOND, B. Oxalates and Ionic Equilibria in Australian Saltbushes (Atriplex). Nature 198, 503–504 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198503a0

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