@article{fdi:010083193, title = {{T}he {X}-ray fluorescence screening of multiple elements in herbarium specimens from the {N}eotropical region reveals new records of metal accumulation in plants}, author = {{B}elloeil, {C}. and {J}ouannais, {P}. and {M}alfaisan, {C}. and {F}ernandez, {R}. {R}. and {L}opez, {S}. and {G}utierrez, {D}. {M}. {N}. and {M}aeder-{P}ras, {S}. and {V}illanueva, {P}. and {T}isserand, {R}. and {G}allopin, {M}. and {A}lfonso-{G}onzalez, {D}. and {M}arrero, {I}. {M}. {F}. and {M}uller, {S}. and {I}nvernon, {V}. and {P}illon, {Y}ohan and {E}chevarria, {G}. and {I}turralde, {R}. {B}. and {M}erlot, {S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}lants have developed a diversity of strategies to take up and store essential metals in order to colonize various types of soils including mineralized soils. {Y}et, our knowledge of the capacity of plant species to accumulate metals is still fragmentary across the plant kingdom. {I}n this study, we have used the {X}-ray fluorescence technology to analyze metal concentration in a wide diversity of species of the {N}eotropical flora that was not extensively investigated so far. {I}n total, we screened more than 11 000 specimens representing about 5000 species from herbaria in {P}aris and {C}uba. {O}ur study provides a large overview of the accumulation of metals such as manganese, zinc, and nickel in the {N}eotropical flora. {W}e report 30 new nickel hyperaccumulating species from {C}uba, including the first records in the families {C}onnaraceae, {M}elastomataceae, {P}olygonaceae, {S}antalaceae, and {U}rticaceae. {W}e also identified the first species from this region of the world that can be considered as manganese hyperaccumulators in the genera {L}omatia ({P}roteaceae), {C}alycogonium ({M}elastomataceae), {I}lex ({A}quifoliaceae), {M}orella ({M}yricaceae), and {P}imenta ({M}yrtaceae). {F}inally, we report the first zinc hyperaccumulator, {R}inorea multivenosa ({V}iolaceae), from the {A}mazonas region. {T}he identification of species able to accumulate high amounts of metals will become instrumental to support the development of phytotechnologies in order to limit the impact of soil metal pollution in this region of the world.}, keywords = {{X}-ray fluorescence ; metal ; hyperaccumulator ; cuba ; ionomics ; agromining ; {CUBA}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}etallomics}, volume = {13}, numero = {8}, pages = {mfab045 [13 ]}, ISSN = {1756-5901}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1093/mtomcs/mfab045}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083193}, }