A NOTE ON THE EVOLUTIONARY STATUS OF ALUMINIUM‐ACCUMULATORS AMONG DICOTYLEDONS

Abstract

SUMMARY Among dicotyledons, the ability to accumulate large quantities of aluminium is statistically corre;ated with seven primitive characters. It is especially common among those families that were present in the early fossil history of the group and among tropical rain‐forest families. it is concluded, therefore, that aluminium‐accumulation is itself a primitive character.