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OLD WORLD REFERENCE PHYTOLITHS version 1.3This is a work in progress to make available a set of phytolith photographs of Old World reference material. Starting particularly with the Near East but with some material from India & China.Reference material from the Institute's collections has been ashed, mounted and photographed. The ashing, slide preparation and photography has been carried out by Emma Harvey, Alison Weisskopf, Phillippa Ryan, and Rhiannon Jackson. The initial focus is husk material from the Near Eastern grasses. A few external links have been included. This project was started with support from an ESCILTA grant from University College London. Try this phytolith learners worksheet: worksheet 1.0 [pdf] . .........Feedback appreciated |
Index to families & grass subfamilies (below) ..............................morphotype indices [prototype: under construction]
Aceraceae (maples) | Cyperaceae (Sedges) | Ulmaceae (elms) |
Anacardiaceae | Equisetaceae (horsetails) | |
Arecaceae (palms) | Fagaceae (oaks and beech) | |
Boraginaceae (gromwells) | Graminae (see Poaceae below) | |
Cistaceae (rock roses) | Musaceae (bananas) | |
Cucurbitaceae (Gourds) |
Poaceae / Graminae (Grasses) |
Grass (POACEAE) phytoliths, arranged by subfamily. Other families follow.
genera are aphabetical within subfamily.
Saddle- taller than chloridoid |
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Arundo donax | |
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Tall saddles, bilobes, and rondels |
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Bambusoid genera |
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Chloridoideae | Squat saddles and bilobes |
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Cynodon dactylon |
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Eleusine indica |
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Eragrotis pectinacea |
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Oryza spontanea |
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Bilobes, and rondels |
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Cenchrus pennisetiformis |
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Cenchrus (extrenal links) | Cenchrus longispinus leaf / infloresence (American) |
Coix lacryma-jobi |
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Digitaria |
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Echinochola colona |
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Panicum turgidum (leaf) |
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Panicum typheron |
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Pennisteum alopecuroides |
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Saccharum officinale (culm node) | |
Saccharum spontaneum (leaf) | |
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Rondels and long wavy trapezoids |
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Agropyron pectiniforme (=A. cristatum) |
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Agrostis spp. (external links) |
Agrostis alba (American), A. elliottiana (American) |
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Avena barbata | |
Avena fatua | |
Avena sativa | |
Briza minor (external links: leaf) | (external link: root) |
Bromus catharicus |
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Dactylis glomerata (external links) | leaf ../.. infloresence |
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Festuca sp. (rachis) (culm) | |
Hordeum spontaneum |
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more Hordeum vulgare husk |
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Phalaris minor |
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Poa sp. | Poa spp. (external images) |
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Secale cereale |
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Secale montanum |
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Stipa capensis |
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Triticum compactum |
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Triticum carthlicum |
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Triticum dicoccum |
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Maples (ACERACEAE) | |
Acer campestre | |
ANACARDIACEAE | |
Pistacia sp. (fruit) | |
palms (ARECACEAE) | |
Borassus flabellifer | |
Cocos nucifera | |
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Arnebia decumbens | |
Buglossoides tenuiflora | |
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Helianthemum salicifolium | |
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Lagenaria sciceraria (external sources) | Steve Archer's Lagenaria |
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Lagenaria diagnostic from D. Piperno's webpage |
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Carex hispida | |
Cyperus rotundus | |
Scirpus lacustris | |
Equisetum variegata | |
oak/beech (FAGACEAE) | |
Fagus sylvatica | |
bananas (MUSACEAE) | |
Musa paradisica | |
elms (ULMACEAE) | |
Ulmus sp. | |
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