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Summary    While trees can acclimate to warming, there is concern that tropical rainforest species may be less able to acclimate because they have adapted to a relatively stable thermal environment. Here we tested whether the physiological adjustments to warming differed among Australian tropical, subtropical and warm‐temperate rainforest trees.  Photosynthesis and respiration temperature responses were quantified in six Australian rainforest seedlings of tropical, subtropical and warm‐temperate climates grown across four growth temperatures in a glasshouse. Temperature‐response models were fitted to identify mechanisms underpinning the response to warming.  Tropical and subtropical species had higher temperature optima for photosynthesis ( T  optA ) than temperate species. There was acclimation of  T  optA  to warmer growth temperatures. The rate of acclimation (0.35–0.78°C °C –1 ) was higher in tropical and subtropical than in warm‐temperate trees and attributed to differences in underlying biochemical parameters, particularly increased temperature optima of  V  cmax25  and  J  max25 . The temperature sensitivity of respiration ( Q  10 ) was 24% lower in tropical and subtropical compared with warm‐temperate species.  Overall, tropical and subtropical species had a similar capacity to acclimate to changes in growth temperature as warm‐temperate species, despite being grown at higher temperatures. Quantifying the physiological acclimation in rainforests can improve accuracy of future climate predictions and assess their potential vulnerability to warming.

Tropical rainforest species have larger increases in temperature optima with warming than warm‐temperate rainforest trees