Abstract:The characteristics of photosynthetic physio-ecology of Wedelia trilobata, Pharbitis nil and Ipomoea cairica were investigated. Results were as follows: (1) The three species had a strong capacity for CO_2 fixation, the maximum net photosynthetic rate(Pn)of Wedelia trilobata was 22.1μmol/(m~2·s),which was higher than that of Ipomoea cairica (17.2μmol/(m~2·s))and Pharbitis nil (16.4μmol/(m~2·s)). (2) The diurnal curves of Pn and transpiration rate (E) were “twin-peaked”. The diurnal curves of leaf stomatal ...