Table 1 Crystal components within 45 samples of investigated plant leaves

From: Calciphytoliths (calcium oxalate crystals) analysis for the identification of decayed tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.)

	Idioblast components						Other		Idioblast location
Taxon	Prism	Styloid	Raphide	Crystal sand	Druse	Concretions/Intermediate	Calcified trichome base	Secondary crystals	Vascular bundles	Mesophyll
*C. sinensis* L.
An'huiHoukui					++nc		++	+	+	++
Baihaoyinzhen					++nc	(+i)	++	+	+	++
Fujianbaicha					++nc	+i	+	+	+	++
Fujianlvcha					++nc	(+i)	+	+	+	++
Liu'anguapian					++nc	(+i)	++	+	+	++
Xinyangmaojian					++nc	+i	++	+	+	++
Jinjunmei					++nc		++	+	+	++
Sichuanbaihao					++nc	+i	+	+	+	++
Sichuanqueshe					++nc	(+i)	++	+	+	++
Zhuyeqing					++nc	+i	++	++	+	++
Mengdingcha					++nc	+i	++	+	+	++
Yeshengdayecha					++nc	(+)	+	+	+	++
Tieguanyin					++nc	(+i)	(+)	+	(+)	++
Longjing					++nc		+	+	+	++
Theaceae plants
C. impressinervis					++co					++
Sladenia celastrifolia					++co	(+i)			+	++
C. crassipes					++co					++
C. reticulata L.‘Baozhucha’				+	++e					++
C. rubituberculata Chang					++c			+		++
C. sasanqua T. ‘Autumn Peony’				+	++e	(+i)			+	++
C. yunnanensis Cohen Stuart var. trichodarpa Ming				+	++e +co			(+i)		++
C. reticulate L. ‘Snow Elegans’				+	++e +co			(+i)		++
C.sasanqua T. ‘Read Jade’				+	++e					++
C.japonica L. ‘Sun Song’				+	++e +co					++
C. synaptica S.					+ co	+i	++		+	++
C. costei Cevl				+	++e		+	+		++
C.japonica L. ‘Benihakari’				+	++e					++
C. reticulate L. ‘Chuxiongcha’				+	++e			(+i)		++
Non-Theaceae plants
Philadelphus schrenkii Rupr.				+	++co	(+i)		+	+	++
Epilobium tibetanum Hausskn.			++					+		++
Lespedeza bicolor Turcz.	++	(+i)							++
Prunus mahaleb var. cupaniana	+				++co	+i	+		+	++
Lycium sp.	+			++		++c; +i				++
Chenopodium album					++co	++c		+		++
Cynanchum komarovii Al. Iljinski				+		+i			+	++
Dianthus chinensis L.					++co					++
Malva sinensis					++co			+	+	++
Magnolia sieboldii K. Koch								++
Portulaca oleracea L.					++co					++
Morus australis		+			++nc	+i	+		+	++
Tilia tuan Szyszyl.	++								++	+
Corylus heterophylla	(+i)				++co		+		+	++
Zelkova schneideeeriana Hand.-Mazz.	++				++co	(+i)			+ +	+
Salix ernesti	+				++nc
Betula delavayi	(+i)				++nc	(+i)	+			++

Notes: ++ = predominant; + = present; (+) = rare; nc = no core; co = core; e = druses embed into crystal sands; i = intermediate crystals; c = concretions.

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