Silica Bodies of Tropical American Grasses: Morphology, Taxonomy, andImplications for Grass Systematics and Fossil Phytolith Identification

摘要

Sicila bodies from over 200 species of Neotropical grasses comprising 80different genera from all currently recognized subfamilies have been isolated from plant tissue and have been described. Silica-body shapes are significant at varying taxonomic levels, from the family to the genus. The Bambusoideae,