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Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.

Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths from Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum)

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Rosids ORDER: Sapindales FAMILY: Sapindaceae GENUS: Acer SPECIES: macrophyllum

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