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Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China
Broad-leaved trees are widely distributed from tropical to temperate zones in China, reference collections of phytoliths from these taxa are crucial for the precise reconstruction of paleoenvironments and the study of early plant resource exploitation. However, not much has been published on the phy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7512002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72547-w |
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author | Ge, Yong Lu, Houyuan Wang, Can Gao, Xing |
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description | Broad-leaved trees are widely distributed from tropical to temperate zones in China, reference collections of phytoliths from these taxa are crucial for the precise reconstruction of paleoenvironments and the study of early plant resource exploitation. However, not much has been published on the phytoliths produced by modern broad-leaved trees. In this study, we collected samples of 110 species that cover the common species distributed in Northern and Southern China, and extracted phytoliths from leaves, twigs and fruits, in order to investigate the phytoliths types and production in these species. We found that only 58 species were phytoliths producers, and that 23 distinct phytoliths morphotypes could be recognized. The results showed that phytoliths types and production in Northern and Southern China could be similar in the two regions. Through analyzing previously published data and our data, Elongate brachiate geniculate, Polygonal tabular, Elongate facetate, Tracheary annulate/facetate geniculate and Tracheary annulate/facetate claviform have been proposed to be the potential diagnostic types for broad-leaved trees in general. This study provided a preliminary reference of phytoliths in modern broad-leaved trees, and could be used in the identification of phytoliths in sediments and archaeological contexts. |
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spelling | pubmed-75120022020-09-29 Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China Ge, Yong Lu, Houyuan Wang, Can Gao, Xing Sci Rep Article Broad-leaved trees are widely distributed from tropical to temperate zones in China, reference collections of phytoliths from these taxa are crucial for the precise reconstruction of paleoenvironments and the study of early plant resource exploitation. However, not much has been published on the phytoliths produced by modern broad-leaved trees. In this study, we collected samples of 110 species that cover the common species distributed in Northern and Southern China, and extracted phytoliths from leaves, twigs and fruits, in order to investigate the phytoliths types and production in these species. We found that only 58 species were phytoliths producers, and that 23 distinct phytoliths morphotypes could be recognized. The results showed that phytoliths types and production in Northern and Southern China could be similar in the two regions. Through analyzing previously published data and our data, Elongate brachiate geniculate, Polygonal tabular, Elongate facetate, Tracheary annulate/facetate geniculate and Tracheary annulate/facetate claviform have been proposed to be the potential diagnostic types for broad-leaved trees in general. This study provided a preliminary reference of phytoliths in modern broad-leaved trees, and could be used in the identification of phytoliths in sediments and archaeological contexts. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7512002/ /pubmed/32968165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72547-w Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Ge, Yong Lu, Houyuan Wang, Can Gao, Xing Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China |
title | Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China |
title_full | Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China |
title_fullStr | Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China |
title_short | Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China |
title_sort | phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7512002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968165 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72547-w |
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