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A few families also stored silica in cystoliths.
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e3“Dicotyledons accumulated silica in typical epidermal cells, and a few families also stored it in cystoliths”
Title
Mariana Fernández Honaine; M. Laura Benvenuto; Lía Montti; et al. International Journal of Plant Sciences 2020. doi:10.1086/712357
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- Observation Eighty-six percent of the species produced 0.38% to 19% silicophytolith dry weight in leaves.
- Observation Silica content varied between and within clades.
- Observation Silica content shows a low phylogenetic signal.
- Observation Dicotyledons accumulated silica in typical epidermal cells.
- Observation Most monocot families showed high silicophytolith contents.
- Observation Most monocot families showed a high diversity of silicified cells.
- Association Exotic species accumulated more silica than native species.
- Association No statistical relationship was found between silica content and the other ecological variables.
- Mechanism The low phylogenetic signal of silica content is explained by inter- and intraclade variability.