Wednesday, August 8, 2012

C4/Cam Plant

Most C4 plants function by isolating photosynthetic processes in different parts of the plant where high heat cannot cause inefficiencies to occur. Cacti, however, belong to a group of C4 plants called CAM plants that use a form of C4 photosynthesis that performs photosynthetic processes at different times of the day in order to maximize efficiency and minimize water loss.

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