Distribution of phytoliths in plants: A review

R Sharma, V Kumar, R Kumar - Geology, ecology, and landscapes, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Phytoliths are ergastic siliceous substances present abundantly within intercellular spaces
as well as inside the cells of numerous plants. Being made up of silica, they are …

Phytoliths in paleoecology: analytical considerations, current use, and future directions

CAE Strömberg, RE Dunn, C Crifò… - Methods in paleoecology …, 2018 - Springer
Phytoliths, microscopic plant silica bodies, are often preserved in modern and fossil soils
and sediment, as well as in archaeological contexts. They record unique characteristics of …

Earliest Olduvai hominins exploited unstable environments~ 2 million years ago

J Mercader, P Akuku, N Boivin, R Bugumba… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rapid environmental change is a catalyst for human evolution, driving dietary innovations,
habitat diversification, and dispersal. However, there is a dearth of information to assess …

Leaf epidermal micromorphology and its implications in systematics of certain taxa of the fern family Pteridaceae from northern Pakistan

SN Shah, A Celik, M Ahmad, F Ullah… - Microscopy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The present study is insights into foliar epidermal anatomy for characterizing clades, and
their utility in taxonomic segregation of certain species of Pteridaceae from Northern …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoliths from the coastal savannas of French Guiana

J Watling, J Iriarte - Quaternary International, 2013 - Elsevier
Phytolith reference collections are a fundamental prerequisite for accurate interpretation of
fossil phytolith assemblages used in reconstructing vegetation histories. As part of a multi …

A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris (Pteridaceae) and related genera in the Pteridoideae

L Zhang, CJ Rothfels, A Ebihara, E Schuettpelz… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The brake fern genus Pteris belongs to the Pteridaceae subfamily Pteridoideae. It contains
200–250 species distributed on all continents except Antarctica, with its highest species …

A revised generic classification of vittarioid ferns (Pteridaceae) based on molecular, micromorphological, and geographic data

E Schuettpelz, CW Chen, M Kessler, JB Pinson… - Taxon, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Vittarioid ferns compose a well‐supported clade of 100–130 species of highly simplified
epiphytes in the family Pteridaceae. Generic circumscriptions within the vittarioid clade were …

Spore morphology and leaf epidermal anatomy as a taxonomic source in the identification of Asplenium species from Malakand division Pakistan

SN Shah, M Ahmad, M Zafar, F Hadi… - Microscopy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Several studies have demonstrated the usefulness of leaf epidermal, and spore
morphological characters in the taxonomy of genus Asplenium. However, works on the …

[HTML][HTML] Phytoliths of pteridophytes

J Mazumdar - South African Journal of Botany, 2011 - Elsevier
Study of phytoliths of pteridophytes is an emerging area of research. Literature on this
aspect is limited but increasing. Some recent findings have shown that phytoliths may have …

Reconstructing hybrid speciation events in the Pteris cretica group (Pteridaceae) in Japan and adjacent regions

T Jaruwattanaphan, S Matsumoto… - Systematic Botany, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Polyploidy, hybridization, and agamospory have been considered important mechanisms in
fern speciation. By integrating the methods of cytology, molecular phylogeny, and …