Table 3 - Metal hyperaccumulation in plants - Biodiversity prospecting for phytoremediation technology

Table 3. Plants with potential for the phytoextraction of various metals and radionuclides.

Metal	Plant species	Reference
Cd	Brassica juncea (L.) Czern	Kumar et al. 1995a Huang et al. 1997a Ebbs et al. 1997 Salt et al. 1995b
Cr (VI)	B. juncea	Kumar et al. 1995a Huang et al. 1997a
¹³⁷Cs	Amaranthus retroflexus L.; B. juncea, B. oleracea L.; Phalaris arundinacea L.; Phaseolus acutifolius A.Gray.	Lasat et al. 1997 Lasat et al. 1998 Negri and Hinchman, 2000
Cu	B. juncea	Ebbs and Kochian, 1997
Ni	B. juncea	Ebbs and Kochian, 1997
Pb	B. campetris L.; B. carinata A. Br.; B. juncea; B. napus L.; B. nigra (L.) Koch.; Helianthus annuus L.; Pisum sativum L.; Zea mays L.	Begonia et al. 1998 Blaylock et al. 1997 Ebbs and Kochian, 1998
Se	B. napus L.; Festuca arundianacea Schreb; Hibiscus cannabinus L.	Bañuelos et al. 1997
U	B. chinensis L; B. juncea; B. narinosa L., Amaranthus spp.	Huang et al. 1998
Zn	Avena sativa; B. juncea; B. napus L. Hordeum vulgare, B. rapa	Ebbs et al. 1997 Ebbs and Kochian, 1998