Table 3 Phytolith percentage and phytolith count in studied specimens.

From: Phytoliths in selected broad-leaved trees in China

Family

Latin name

Stomata

Hair tissue

Tracheid/Vascular tissue

Silicified cell

Total count

Supplementary Figure

Aceraceae

Acer caudatum Wall

78.23

0.00

1.61

20.16

248

1-I

Aceraceae

Acer komarovii Pojark

25.56

34.59

2.26

37.59

133

1-II

Aceraceae

Acer laxiflorum Pax

68.96

0.00

2.45

28.58

1060

1-III

Aceraceae

Acer mandshuricum Maxim

33.65

0.00

30.77

35.58

208

2-I

Aceraceae

Acer negundo Linn

48.65

0.00

2.03

49.32

148

2-II

Aceraceae

Acer oliverianum Pax

33.60

0.00

4.23

62.17

497

2-III

Aceraceae

Acer tataricum sub ginnala (Maximowicz) Wesmael

79.19

3.17

1.36

16.29

442

2-IV

Aceraceae

Acer ukurunduense Trautv. et Mey

7.69

6.29

27.27

58.74

143

3-I

Anacardiaceae

Rhus chinensis Mill

1.83

0.00

36.70

61.47

109

3-II

Anacardiaceae

Rhus potaninii Maxim

0.00

0.00

23.53

76.47

34

3-III

Berbeidaceae

Berberis poiretii Schneid

0.00

0.00

50.00

50.00

2

NA

Berberidaceae

Berberis diaphana Maxin

24.32

0.00

25.23

50.45

111

3-IV

Berberidaceae

Berberis dictyophylla Franch

3.91

0.00

24.22

71.88

128

3-V

Berberidaceae

Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr

35.43

0.00

21.26

43.31

127

4-I

Betulaceae

Betula delavayi Franch

3.36

0.00

27.73

68.91

119

4-II

Betulaceae

Corylus heterophylla Fisch. ex Trautv

0.45

1.72

47.62

50.21

2667

4-III

Betulaceae

Corylus mandshurica Maxim

1.50

19.00

41.50

38.00

200

4-IV

Caprifoliaceae

Sambucus adnata Wall. ex DC

5.80

7.25

5.80

81.16

138

5-I

Caprifoliaceae

Viburnum foetidum Wall. var. ceanothoides (C. H. Wright) Hand.-Mazz

2.65

9.73

0.00

87.61

113

5-II

Caprifoliaceae

Viburnum sp.

33.41

0.00

20.47

46.12

425

5-III

Cornaceae

Cornus controversa Hemsley

11.25

25.63

36.25

26.88

160

5-IV

Cornaceae

Cornus hemsleyi C. K. Schneider & Wangerin

0.60

2.41

4.22

92.77

166

6-I

Cornaceae

Cornus schindleri sub poliophylla (C. K. Schneider & Wangerin) Q. Y. Xiang

2.19

26.23

5.46

66.12

183

6-II

Ericaceae

Rhododendron calophytum Franch

31.06

0.00

0.00

68.94

132

6-III

Ericaceae

Rhododendron concinnum Hemsl

32.43

0.00

0.90

66.67

111

6-IV

Ericaceae

Rhododendron rubiginosum Franch

25.42

0.00

0.85

73.73

118

7-I

Ericaceae

Rhododendron strigillosum Franch

85.62

0.00

0.65

13.73

153

NA

Euphorbiaceae

Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd

34.04

2.84

0.71

62.41

141

7-II

Euphorbiaceae

Flueggea suffruticosa (Pall.) Baill

0.00

0.00

65.94

34.06

138

7-III

Euphorbiaceae

Leptopus chinensis (Bunge) Pojark

13.79

13.79

34.48

37.93

29

7-IV

Eupteleaceae

Euptelea pleiosperma J. D. Hooker & Thomson?

0.00

5.47

35.16

59.38

128

8-I

Fagaceae

Fagus engleriana Seem

0.18

0.00

2.65

97.17

566

8-II

Fagaceae

Quercus acutissima Carr

6.04

6.71

16.11

71.14

149

8-III

Fagaceae

Quercus mongolica Fischer ex Ledebour

4.70

0.00

25.50

69.80

149

8-IV

Hippocastanaceae

Aesculus chinensis Bunge

9.69

17.99

13.15

59.17

289

9-I

Juglandaceae

Pterocarya hupehensis Skan

0.88

0.00

15.04

84.07

113

9-II

Lauraceae

Machilus microcarpa Hemsl

4.12

0.00

2.58

93.30

194

9-III

Leguminosae

Lespedeza bicolor Turcz

3.50

13.50

2.50

80.50

200

9-IV

Leguminosae

Lespedeza cuneata (Dumont de Courset) G. Don

10.16

3.91

0.00

85.94

128

10-I

Liliaceae

Smilax sp.

3.58

1.00

0.72

94.71

699

10-II

Magnoliaceae

Oyama sieboldii (K. Koch) N. H. Xia & C. Y. Wu

0.00

0.00

5.67

94.33

141

10-III

Moraceae

Ficus tikoua Bur

0.84

62.29

3.91

32.96

358

10-IV

Moraceae

Morus australis Poir

0.00

97.38

1.31

1.31

534

11-I

Pittosporaceae

Pittosporum truncatum Pritz

5.22

1.12

54.10

39.55

268

11-II

Rosaceae

Cerasus maximowiczii (Rupr.) Kom

31.08

3.60

6.76

58.56

222

11-III

Rosaceae

Rosa acicularis Lindl

2.94

3.68

13.97

79.41

136

11-IV

Rosaceae

Rosa helenae Rehder & E. H. Wilson

5.88

32.03

18.30

43.79

153

11-V

Rosaceae

Sorbaria sorbifolia (Linn.) A. Br

0.90

0.00

7.21

91.89

111

12-I

Rosaceae

Sorbus multijuga Koehne

15.83

0.83

0.00

83.33

120

12-II

Rosaceae

Spiraea longigemmis Maxim

13.56

0.00

31.36

55.08

118

12-III

Rutaceae

Phellodendron amurense Rupr

0.00

1.32

57.89

40.79

152

12-IV

Salicaceae

Populus lasiocarpa Oliv

31.13

2.11

0.53

66.23

379

12-V

Salicaceae

Populus sp.

0.59

0.00

48.52

50.89

338

12-VI

Salicaceae

Salix ernestii C. K. Schneid

34.09

0.00

6.82

59.09

44

13-I

Saxifragaceae

Philadelphus schrenkii Rupr

0.00

0.00

1.87

98.13

107

13-II

Scrophulariaceae

Paulownia fargesii Franch

37.04

7.41

4.44

51.11

135

13-III

Tiliaceae

Tilia mandshurica Rupr. et Maxim

0.00

0.00

96.08

3.92

102

13-IV

Ulmaceae

Zelkova schneideriana Hand.-Mazz

0.00

0.00

0.00

100.00

3

NA

  1. NA indicated that the photograph of this specimen was not provided in the supplementary file. Berberis poiretii produced Acute and Tracheid annulate; Rhododendron strigillosum produced the same types of phytoliths as those from genus Rhododendron; Zelkova schneideriana only produced Acute.
  2. The % indicated that the numbers of the column refer to the percentage of this category, and the total count indicate the number of phytoliths counted in the 100 fields of view under 400 × microscope.
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