Skip to main content
. 2018 May 2;122(2):221–226. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy062

Table 1.

Data used to predict shoot calcium concentrations ([Ca]shoot) and magnesium concentrations ([Mg]shoot) of angiosperm species.

Cell compartment
Cell wall Cytosol ER Nucleus Mitochondria Chloroplasts Vacuoles
Volume (% leaf)*
 Angiosperms 6.0 5.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 5.0 82
Calcium concentration (mM)
 Angiosperms 0.1 2 2 2 7 2
Magnesium concentration (mM)
 Angiosperms except Caryophyllales 2 10 10 7 105 3
 Caryophyllales 2 10 10 7 105 14
Ca/Mg quotient in material above the minimal cell wall (g g–1)§
 Commelinids 4.00
 Eudicots except Caryophyllales 10.0
 Caryophyllales 5.88