Concerning leaf temperatures of Encelia farinosa and frutescens the author found

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Concerning leaf temperatures of Encelia farinosa and frutescens the author found that:

temperatures were consistently lower in Encelia farinosa than in Encelia fructescens

temperatures were consistently lower in Encelia fructescens than in Encelia farinosa

temperatures were surprisingly similar in these two species

temperatures were consistently lower in Encelia farinosa than in Encelia fructescens

temperatures were consistently lower in Encelia fructescens than in Encelia farinosa

temperatures were surprisingly similar in these two species

Explanation / Answer

a. temperatures were consistently lower in Encelia farinosa than in Encelia fructescens.

In hot and dry times, leaves of  farinosa makes high leaf reflectance and thus reduces its leaf temperature, transpirational process is dominated in fructescens.

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