a microscopic particle of mineral or silica found in many plants
phytolith in American English
(ˈfaɪtoʊˌlɪθ)
noun
a small opaline rock consisting chiefly of fossil plant remains
Word origin
phyto- + -lith
Examples of 'phytolith' in a sentence
phytolith
The results of phytolith analysis of the profiles reflected characteristics related to soil genesis.
Eduardo Carvalho da Silva Neto, Jaqueline Jesus Santana dos Santos, Marcos GervasioPereira, Deyvid Diego Carvalho Maranhão, Fabiana da Costa Barros, Lúcia Helena Cunhados Anjos 2018, 'Paleoenvironmental Characterization of a High-Mountain Environment in the AtlanticForest in Southeastern Brazil', Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832018000100312&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Macrobotanical and phytolith samples were taken throughout the stratigraphy and the results are presented here.
Eleanor Kingwell-Banham, Emma Karoune nee. Harvey, Rabindra Kumar Mohanty, DorianQ. Fuller 2018, 'Archaeobotanical Investigations into Golbai Sasan and Gopalpur, Two Neolithic-ChalcolithicSettlements of Odisha', Ancient Asiahttps://www.ancient-asia-journal.com/articles/164. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phytolith morphotypes in various phylogenetic plant domains have different shapes.
Kirill S. Golokhvast, Ivan V. Seryodkin, Vladimir V. Chaika, Alexander M. Zakharenko,Igor E. Pamirsky 2014, 'Phytoliths in Taxonomy of Phylogenetic Domains of Plants', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/648326. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The description of the most significant phytolith morphotypes and their taxonomic relationships are given here.
Zsuzsa Lisztes-Szabó, Szilvia Kovács, Péter Balogh, Lajos Daróczi, Károly Penksza,Ákos Pető 2015, 'Quantifiable differences between phytolith assemblages detected at species level:analysis of the leaves of nine Poa species (Poaceae)', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/4709. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We then quantitatively compared phytolith assemblages within and between the surveyed regions.
Crystal eMcmichael, Crystal eMcmichael, Dolores ePiperno, Dolores ePiperno, EduardoeNeves, Mark eBush, Fernando eAlmeida, Guilherme eMongeló 2015, 'Phytolith assemblages along a gradient of ancient human disturbance in western Amazonia',Frontiers in Ecology and Evolutionhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00141/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We collected 60 phytolith assemblages from modern soils at 300 to 2,300 m a.s.l.
Marina Y. Solomonova, Mikhail S. Blinnikov, Mikhail S. Blinnikov, Marina M. Silantyeva,Natalya Y. Speranskaja 2019, 'Influence of Moisture and Temperature Regimes on the Phytolith Assemblage Compositionof Mountain Ecosystems of the Mid Latitudes: A Case Study From the Altay Mountains',Frontiers in Ecology and Evolutionhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00002/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Each species was marked out by a unique assemblage of phytolith morphotypes from various parts of the plant body.
Mudassir A. Bhat, Sheikh A. Shakoor, Priya Badgal, Amarjit S. Soodan 2018, 'Taxonomic Demarcation of Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult., S. verticillata (L.)P. Beauv., and S. viridis (L.) P. Beauv. (Cenchrinae, Paniceae, Panicoideae, Poaceae)From Phytolith Signatures', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00864/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We present the results of the microstratigraphic, phytolith and wood charcoal study of the remains of a 10.5 ka roof.
Andrea L Balbo, Eneko Iriarte, Amaia Arranz, Lydia Zapata, Carla Lancelotti, MarcoMadella, Luis Teira, Miguel Jiménez, Frank Braemer, Juan José Ibáñez 2012, 'Squaring the circle. Social and environmental implications of pre-pottery neolithicbuilding technology at Tell Qarassa (South Syria).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3407145?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our results indicate that rondel phytolith assemblages from the various taxa, includingsubspecies, can be statistically discriminated.
John P Hart, R G Matson, Robert G Thompson, Michael Blake 2011, 'Teosinte inflorescence phytolith assemblages mirror Zea taxonomy.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3068178?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)