Research Article
Phytoliths as a Tool for the Identification of Some Chloridoideae Grasses in Kerala
Table 2
Different types of phytoliths observed and their abbreviations.
| Si. no. | Type | Abbreviation |
| (1) | Associated epidermal polygonal cells | AEP | (2) | Associated long cells | ALC | (3) | Associated papilla | AP | (4) | Associated short cells | AS | (5) | Bulliform elements | BE | (6) | Stomatal complex | SC | (7) | Subepidermal elements | SEE | (8) | Simple bilobate | SB | (9) | Complex bilobate | CB | (10) | Nodular bilobate | NB | (11) | Quadralobate | Q | (12) | Normal saddle | S | (13) | Elongate | E | (14) | Fan | F | (15) | Horned towers | HT | (16) | Macrohairs | LH | (17) | Microhairs | MH | (18) | Prickle hairs | PR | (19) | Papilla | P |
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Abbreviations for lobate phytoliths are followed by C, F, or X denoting concave, fattened, or convex margins.
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