Revised taxonomic interpretations of Cyperaceae phytoliths for (paleo)botanical studies with some notes on terminology
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The morphologically distinct conical shapes of phytoliths in sedge plants are present in the epidermal cells of leaves and stems.
“The morphologically distinct conical shapes of phytoliths in sedge plants are present in the epidermal cells of leaves and stems [145].”
From The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose: Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian 17th to early 18th Dynasty museum objects (2025) · cites this paper as [145]
The epidermis layer of the plant fragment shows small silicified cell bodies (phytoliths), ca 10 micron in size, which appear to have conical shapes, typical for sedge plants (Cyperaceae family).
“The epidermis layer shows small silicified cell bodies (phytoliths), ca 10 micron in size, which appear to have conical shapes, typical for sedge plants (Cyperaceae family) [143–146].”
From The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose: Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian 17th to early 18th Dynasty museum objects (2025) · cites this paper as [145]
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- Authors
- Murungi, M. L., & Bamford, M. K.
- Affiliations
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Murungi, May L.
- ORCID
- Bamford, Marion K.
- Venue
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-04
- Volume
- 275
- Pages
- 104189
- ISSN
- 0034-6667 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3004785298
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 1.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Palaeontological Scientific Trust
- Leakey Foundation
- National Research Foundation of South Africa
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Silicon Effects in Agriculture
- Keywords
- Cyperaceae, phytolith morphology, sedge taxonomy, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Fuirena, Scleria, paleobotany, plant silica, homoplasy, generic classification
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