Paper · 1967 · American Journal of Botany

Crystalline Silica in Plants

Clarence Sterling

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Abstract

Crystalline silica has been found in Fragaria leaves, Equisetum shoots, diatomite, and tabaschir. Differing proportions of amorphous silica (opal) also occur in each of these. The crystalline X-ray reflections of α-quartz, low tridymite, or α-cristobalite have been found in virtually all specimens. However, unidentified crystalline reflections are noted, particulary in the silica isolated from Fragaria leaves and diatomite.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Crystalline silica was found in Fragaria leaves.

Taxon
FragariaFragariae0
Organ / stage
leavese0
Outcome
Crystalline silicae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria
Fragaria · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)xulescu_g · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Crystalline silica has been found in Fragaria leaves”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Crystalline silica was found in Equisetum shoots.

Taxon
EquisetumEquisetume0
Organ / stage
shootse0
Outcome
Crystalline silicae0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Equisetum
Equisetum · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)MPF · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Crystalline silica has been found in Fragaria leaves, Equisetum shoots”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Amorphous silica occurred in differing proportions in the specimens.

Outcome
amorphous silica (opal)e0
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Differing proportionse0

Not reportedTaxon

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“Differing proportions of amorphous silica (opal) also occur in each of these.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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The specimens showed reflections of α-quartz, low tridymite, or α-cristobalite.

Outcome
crystalline X-ray reflections of α-quartz, low tridymite, or α-cristobalitee0
Qualifier
virtually all specimense0

Not reportedTaxon

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“The crystalline X-ray reflections of α-quartz, low tridymite, or α-cristobalite have been found in virtually all specimens.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Unidentified crystalline reflections were particularly noted in silica from Fragaria leaves.

Taxon
FragariaFragariae0
Organ / stage
leavese0
Outcome
unidentified crystalline reflectionse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Fragaria
Fragaria · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)xulescu_g · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“unidentified crystalline reflections are noted, particulary in the silica isolated from Fragaria leaves and diatomite”

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