suaeda aralocaspica

Suaeda aralocaspica is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae that is restricted to the deserts of central Asia. It is a halophyte and uses C4 carbon fixation but lacks the characteristic leaf anatomy of other C4 plants (known as kranz anatomy). Carrying out complete C4 photosynthesis within individual cells, these plants instead are known as single‐cell C4 system or SCC4 plants. This makes them distinct from typical C4 plants, which require the collaboration of 2 types of photosynthetic ...