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Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths from Redshanks (Adenostoma sparsifolium)

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Rosids ORDER: Rosales FAMILY: Rosaceae GENUS: Adenostoma SPECIES: sparsifolium

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