The phylogenetic pattern in phytolith shape was successfully revealed by applying geometric morphometrics to 2D phytolith shape outlines, strengthening the potential of phytoliths to track the evolutionary history and...
Tag - Phytoliths
botanyone
Studying plant remains at the entrance and the exit of a chimpanzee
A chimp's diet can be studied through microscopic opals.
Dale Maylea
A new code to decipher phytoliths
Plants don’t have skeletons, but they still have a mineral component in them. Inside plants you can find phytoliths, microscopic mineral deposits that a plant forms from silica. Because these are mineral, when a...
Alun Salt
The interconnectedness of plant studies
Have you ever wondered how the monthly Plant Cuttingsβ collection comes to be? Do you think Mr P Cuttings knows in advance what heβs going to write about each month? He has a notional idea of the items he wants to...
Nigel Chaffey
Dr Dafydd Wynn Parry (1919-2015)
Dr Dafydd Wynn Parry was a pioneering figure in the field of phytolith research, publishing between the 1950s and 1980s.
Martin Hodson
