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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cell production rates (doubling times) for epidermal cells in the basal 1.5 mm of tall fescue leaves and tillers | Plant tall fescue Festuca arundinacea | Table - link | hours | 110351 | Skinner RH, Nelson CJ.... |
| Percentage of Rubisco out of total protein in several plants | Plants | 5 to 40 | % | 108736 | Losh JL, Young JN, Morel... |
| Total protein half life | Grass Festuca ovina | 6 | Days | 103661 | Scheurwater I, Dünnebacke M... |
| Respiratory cost for slow growing grass | Grass Festuca ovina | 2.4 | mmole ATP/((g dry weight)×day) | 103664 | Scheurwater I, Dünnebacke M... |
| Peclet number of sugars in plant cells | Plants | 1 | unitless | 108686 | Kaare H. Jensen & Maciej... |
| Minimum flow speed of sugars in plant cells | Plants | 5 to 50 | µm/sec | 108687 | Kaare H. Jensen & Maciej... |
| Amount of DNA (1C-value, smallest of any plant) | Plant Genlisea aurea | 0.065 (Table - link) | pg | 110279 | Dr. Ilia J. Leitch, Prof.... |
| Sequenced plant genomes | Plants | Site - link | N/A | 110561 | https://genomevoluti... |
| Speed of snapping - one of fastest movements in plant kingdom | Plant Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula | 100 | msec | 106630 | Forterre Y, Skotheim JM... |
| Speed of communicating signal within plant | Plants | fastest ~1m/sec: slowest (some hormones) ~1cm/hour: most (thorough vascular system) 1-8mm/sec | N/A | 113538 | Trewavas A. The foundations... |
| Leaf area index (LAI) (see comments section for additional values) | Biosphere | Pinus forests 3-4: temperate mixed deciduous forests ~5.5: dense, tall-growing meadows 7-8 | unitless | 113232 | Körner C (2013) Plan... |
| Average respiratory cost for protein turnover | Plants | 148 | mmole ATP/g protein | 103665 | Scheurwater I, Dünnebacke M... |
| Total terrestrial plant biomass | Biosphere | 600-800 | Pg Carbon | 100820 | Aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Number of plant species | Plants | ~350,000 (representing an estimated 80–90% of the global total) | species | 113395 | Vellend M et al., Plant... |
| PPi concentration in plant cells | Plants | ~0.3 | mM | 108183 | Leustek T, Saito K. Sulfate... |
| Number of plant species from which DSE have been described | Fungus Dark septate endophytes (DSE) | >600 | plant species | 113530 | Deng Z, Cao L. Fungal... |
| Plant DNA C-values Database | Plants | Database - link | N/A | 102726 | Royal botanic gardens at Kew... |
| Number of flowering plant species | Plants | 250,000 to 400,000 | Species | 107611 | Gruber CW et al., Di... |
| Time required to finish the juvenile stage and flower from seed | Plant orchid | 4-7 | Years | 106655 | Hsiao et al., Researches... |
| Estimated number of species in the orchid family (the most species-rich of all angiosperm families) | Plant orchid | 25000 | Species | 106653 | Hsiao et al., Researches... |