Abstract:A series of field investigations and plant collections have been conducted at Xiangtan manganese tailings wastelands, Hu′nan Province, southern China. The specific aim was to search for new manganese hyperaccumulators. The results of tissue analyses on the plants collected from this high manganese environment identified Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. (Phytolaccaceae) as a new manganese hyperaccumulator (>10,000μg/g Mn), the first to be found in China. The maximum Mn concentration in the leaf dry matter was 19,...