Table 1.
Range of values of specific leaf area [SLA; leaf area (mm2)/leaf mass (mg)], leaf dry matter content (LDMC, 100 × dry mass of leaf/saturated mass of leaf), leaf thickness (LT, mm) and maximum leaf size (LA, mm2) within the database
| Leaf trait | No. of species | 5th–95th percentiles | Lowest value |
Highest value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLA | 2044 | 7·7–40·6 | 2·3 | Agave americana, leaf succulent | 122·8 | Ceratocapnos claviculata, summergreen woodland annual |
| LDMC | 1950 | 9·3–38·7 | 4·8 | Hyacinthoides × massartiana, vernal woodland geophyte with large cells | 51·7 | Erica multiflora, sub-shrub |
| Umbilicus rupestris, leaf succulent | ||||||
| LT | 1969 | 0·11–0·81 | 0·03 | Selaginella selaginoides, low-growing ‘clubmoss’ | 7·5 | Disphyma crassifolium, leaf succulent |
| LA | 2015 | 22–17 537 | 1 | Herniaria fruticosa, sub-shrub | 946 070 | Heracleum mantegazzianum, monocarpic herb |