Plant Glossary: C - EnchantedLearning.com
A C3 plant is one that produces phosphoglyceric acid, (a molecule that has three carbon atoms) as a stable intermediary in the first step in photosynthesis (the Calvin Cycle). Most plants on Earth (over 95 percent) are C3 plants. A C4 plant is one that produces oxaloacetic acid (a molecule that has ...
