How are succulents able to meet their photosynthetic CO2 requirements as they are known to keep their stomata closed during the day to check transpiration?
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During day time, the succulent plants have to shut their stomata as they grow in dry and xeric conditions, for prevention of water loss during transpiration, the gaseous exchange does not take place. Hence plants have adapted to fix CO2 in the form of malic acid during night time. Malic acid is a four carbon compounds that stores CO2 which is liberated during the day within the photosynthetic cells.
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