Krishnan, S.; Samson, N.P.; Ravichandran, P.; Narasimhan, D.; Dayanandan, P.
(Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society. 132(3); 2000; 241-252.)
Phytoliths are amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2.nH(2)O) inclusions abundant in leaves, internodes and glumes in members of Poaceae. They may occur as inclusions filling the entire lumen of the silica cells, bulliform cells ...