Phytoliths in woody plants from the northern slope of the Changbai Mountain (Northeast China), and their implication

Ge, Yaojun; Dong, Jie; Sun, Yan; Liu, Hong Mei

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“…To date, no especially diagnostic types of phytoliths have been identified for broad-leaved trees in general or a certain family. After reviewing other phytolith studies of species belonging to the broad-leaved trees 12,15,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52]55,56 (also see Table 4, we here propose several phytolith types that have the potential to be diagnostic to broad-leaved trees: Elongate brachiate geniculate ( Fig. 1-3), Polygonal tabular ( Fig.…”

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“…Silicified epidermal cell 46 , anticlinal epidermal phytolith 7 , anticlinal 4,45 , anticlinal epidermal cell 48 , silicified tissue of the leaf epidermis composed of puzzle-piece-shaped cells 52 , jigsaw epidermal cell 50,51 , broad-leaf-types 9 ; jigsaw-shaped epidermal phytolith 5 ; epidermal jig-saw 12 , anticlinal epidermal cell 49 , stellate 55 , tabular sinuate 56 , irregular psilate sinuate 15 This type of phytoliths have been frequently reported to be observed in broad-leaved trees, however, they have also been reported to be observed in ferns, thus it might of low potential in being a diagnostic type for broad-leaved trees Polygonal tabula (Fig. 1-5)…”

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“…Tracheary elements 46 , tracheid phytolith 7,49 , cylindric (Wang and Lu 4 , tracheid phytolith 45 , rod with a ring-or spiral-shaped surface derived from tracheid 52 , vessels with spiral thickening 51 , simple tracheid phytolith 5 ; cylindric spiraling 55 , spiracle tracheid 56 , tracheary helical 15,50 This type of phytoliths have been commonly observed in plants, thus it might have low potential in being a diagnostic type for broad-leaved trees Spheroid favose ( Fig. 1-13)…”

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“…Silicified epidermal hair 46 , long point 4,9 ; long, threadlike nonsegmented hair phytolith 7 , square proximal hair cell 48 , trichomas 51 , hair 12,56 , acicular psilate unsegmented hair 49 , arcicular hair cell 55 , arcicular 50 , acute 15 This type of phytoliths have been commonly observed in plants, thus it might have low potential in being a diagnostic type for broad-leaved trees; however, the Acute type of phytoliths in woody plants were commonly larger than in Poaceae plants, the morphometric approach might help to increase the potential of Acute type of phytoliths in being a diagnostic type for broad-leaved trees Table 4. Comparison of phytoliths nomenclature and evaluation of their potential in being diagnostic types for broad-leaved trees.…”

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Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China

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Broad-leaved trees are widely distributed from tropical to temperate zones in China, reference collections of phytoliths from these taxa are crucial for the precise reconstruction of paleoenvironments and the study of early plant resource exploitation. However, not much has been published on the phytoliths produced by modern broad-leaved trees. In this study, we collected samples of 110 species that cover the common species distributed in Northern and Southern China, and extracted phytoliths from leaves, twigs and fruits, in order to investigate the phytoliths types and production in these species. We found that only 58 species were phytoliths producers, and that 23 distinct phytoliths morphotypes could be recognized. The results showed that phytoliths types and production in Northern and Southern China could be similar in the two regions. Through analyzing previously published data and our data, Elongate brachiate geniculate, Polygonal tabular, Elongate facetate, Tracheary annulate/facetate geniculate and Tracheary annulate/facetate claviform have been proposed to be the potential diagnostic types for broad-leaved trees in general. This study provided a preliminary reference of phytoliths in modern broad-leaved trees, and could be used in the identification of phytoliths in sediments and archaeological contexts.

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“…Previous studies (Strömberg 2004; Ge et al . 2011) have suggested that the larger woody phytoliths (e.g. rectangle echinate, rectangle wavy, and rectangle pilate from coniferous forests) are more readily preserved than herbaceous phytoliths, and that the phytoliths of Poaceae are abundant and relatively well preserved in soils (Wallis 2003; Mercader et al .…”

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Preservation of common soil phytoliths in the northern temperate region: a case study from northeast China

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We investigated the phytolith assemblage characteristics and preservation of soil phytoliths in nine soil types at 83 sites in northeast China. The results indicate that the phytolith assemblages from the nine soils are similar, particularly in terms of the content of the dominant short cell phytoliths, and elongate and lanceolate phytoliths. The phytolith indexes of aridity and water stress (Iph and Fs, respectively) have been proven to be effective in the temperate zone, and we find that values of Iph and Fs higher than 0.45 and 0.24, respectively, are characteristic of meadow steppe. However, there are differences in phytolith indexes amongst the different soil types. In addition, the preservation characteristics of phytoliths in different soil types are different, with phytolith preservation in zonal soils being better than in azonal soils. Morphotypes such as rondel, bilobate, lanceolate, blocky, tabular and bulliform are well preserved in the studied soils; however, other morphotypes, such as microhair, conical epidermal, silicified stomata and epidermal, are poorly preserved. Morphotypes such as saddle, trapeziform sinuate and elongate are moderately well preserved in the soils. The preservation characteristics of the same type of phytolith differ between the soil types. Thus, there are differences in the preservation of soil phytoliths amongst different soil types, which needs to be considered when soil phytoliths are used to produce quantitative palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.

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