Table 3 Comprehensive assessment of the decontamination capacity of experimental plants against benzene pollution.
From: Study on the ability of indoor plants to absorb and purify benzene pollution
Plant variety | Purification rate (%) | Purification amount per unit leaf area (mg·m–2·h–1) | Comprehensive evaluation value | Ranking of absorption and purification capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii | 0.947 | 1 | 0.97 | 1 |
Spathiphyllum floribundum | 1 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 2 |
Aloe arborescens | 0.466 | 0.68 | 0.57 | 3 |
Begonia xaelatior | 0.911 | 0.09 | 0.50 | 4 |
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana | 0.828 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 5 |
Calathea insignis | 0..733 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 6 |
Dieffenbachia picta | 0.629 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 7 |
Epipremnum aureum | 0.672 | 0.23 | 0.35 | 8 |
Chlorophytum comosum | 0.208 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 9 |
Anthurium andraeanum | 0.188 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 10 |
Chlorophytum capense var. variegatum | 0.157 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 11 |
Podocarpus nagi | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 12 |
Anthurium andraeanum ‘Pink champin’ | 0.101 | 0.05 | 13 |
