Morphological changes of phytoliths in Leymus chinensis under saline-alkali stress
盐碱胁迫下羊草植硅体的形态变化

Aims Our objective is to study changes of phytoliths in Leymus chinensis quantitatively under saline-alkali stress to assist reconstruction of saline paleoenvironments.Methods We selected similarly sized leaves of L.chinensis under six different saline-alkali levels and extracted phytoliths with the wet ashing method.Important findings We identified and named 10 categories and 3 387 phytoliths:flat-topped rondel,peaked rondel,barbed rondel,smooth elongate,sinus elongate,horn-ends elongate,pointed,plate,favo...