Phytoliths occurred only in Poaceae.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Taxon: PoaceaePoaceaee0
Outcome: Phytolithse0

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“Phytoliths were found only in Poaceae and Bromeliaceae”
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Title

Regional phytoliths from the Coastal Cordillera of the Atacama Desert, Chile, and their potential for paleoecological reconstructions

Bárbara D. Vargas-Machuca; Dolores R. Piperno; Tim Böhnert; et al. Quaternary International 2024. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2024.01.005

Other claims from this paper (5)

Method / resource Microwave digestion rapidly yielded clean, preserved phytoliths from plant material and sediments.
Observation Phytoliths occurred only in Bromeliaceae.
Method / resource Limited phytolith occurrence restricts reconstruction of past vegetation diversity.
Method / resource Phytolith identification to sub-family and species levels informs the occurrence of grasses and monocot flowering plants.
Association Atacama phytolith characteristics may depend on species, plant organ, and regional conditions.

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