Number of thylakoids in extreme-shade plant's chloroplast

Value 100 thylakoids/chloroplast
Organism Plant Alocasia macrorhiza
Reference Staehelin LA. Chloroplast structure: from chlorophyll granules to supra-molecular architecture of thylakoid membranes. Photosynth Res. 2003 76(1-3):185-96. p.187 left column top paragraphPubMed ID16228577
Primary Source Goodchild DJ, Bjorkman O and Pyliotis NA (1972) Chloroplast ultrastructure, leaf anatomy, and content of chlorophyll and soluble protein in rainforest species. Carnegie InstWashington Yearb 71: 102–107
Entered by Uri M
ID 107015