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IN the areas of Zambia which are rich in minerals there are several species of plants which are both accumulators and geo-botanical indicators of copper. The relation of these plants to soil copper has been surveyed in the initial stage of an investigation of the effects of heavy metals on the metabolism of plant cells. The survey was conducted mainly in some of the typical “copper clearings”, areas in which the soil is rich in copper and where normal bush vegetation is replaced by copper-resistant species.
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REILLY, C. Accumulation of Copper by Some Zambian Plants. Nature 215, 667–668 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215667a0
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