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Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths from Lemonade Sumac (Rhus integrifolia)

KINGDOM: Plantae UNRANKED: Angiosperms UNRANKED: Eudicots UNRANKED: Rosids ORDER: Sapindales FAMILY: Anacardiaceae GENUS: Rhus SPECIES: integrifolia

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