do all leaves extract contain the same pigments??why?
Absolutely not. Leaf pigments, just to name a few, may include chlorophyll, carotenes, lutein, anthocyanins. Not only will pigment content vary between plant species, but pigment content will vary in individual plants seasonally.
Plants okorder /... Plants have classes of pigments that act as adjuncts to the chloroplast's chlorophyll, in several ways. Some are accessory pigments that broaden the range of absorbed light. These pigments are found in the light gathering arrays in chloroplasts. They also alter the color of the leaf depending on what specific pigments it has to gather light energy and that determines what is reflected (green is the basic reflected spectra but is might be yellowish or bluish green). The major accessory class of pigments, the carotenoids, collect light in the red to yellow wavelengths chlorophyll a can’t, then the carotenoids transfer the energy to chlorophyll a to process. Among the carotenoids are the xanthophylls that provide UV protection for the light gathering centers of the chloroplast. Plants adapt to situations and some just have fewer chloroplasts so have less chlorophyll and absorb less of the light. In low light situations they need fewer so variegated plants are possible. This reduced chlorophyll level allows small amounts of other pigments like the yellow pigment xanthophyll to show up.
