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Plant Hair with Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths

Plant Hair with Calcium Oxalate Phytoliths

This is a "peltate" plant hair, probably from the genus Tillandsia (Airplant or Bromeliad). It was collected from a surface in a home in New Mexico on a tapelift as part of an environmental study.

Transmitted Crossed Circular Polarized Light

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References:

Uphof, J.C. Th., Karl Hummel, and Karin Staesche, PLANT HAIRS, Gebruder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1962.