| Â | Kc | kcatc | kcatc/Kc | [Rubisco]/[TSP] | LMA | Leaf thickness |
|---|
kcatc | 0.989*** | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
kcatc/Kc | −0.499 | −0.392 |  |  |  |  |
[Rubisco]/[TSP] | −0.945** | − 0.971*** | 0.285 |  |  |  |
LMA | 0.641* | 0.694* | −0.053 | − 0.669* |  |  |
Leaf thickness | 0.886** | 0.857** | −0.577* | −0.834** | 0.644* |  |
Leaf δ13C | 0.863** | 0.868** | −0.261 | −0.903** | 0.453 | 0.835** |
- PIC between log transformed Rubisco kinetic parameters, Rubisco per leaf total soluble protein, anatomical and physiological parameters of 11 orchids and bromeliads (see Tables 1, 4 and Additional file 1: Table S1). Rubisco Michaelis-Menten constant for (Kc), maximum rate of carboxylation (kcatc), carboxylation catalytic efficiency (kcatc/Kc), Rubisco per leaf total soluble protein ([Rubisco]/[TSP]), leaf mass area (LMA), leaf thickness and leaf δ13C. The table shows the correlations accounting for both orchids and bromeliads together (n = 11). Traits that are significantly correlated are marked: *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05
