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Economic Counting Form

This document provides a 3-page economic counting form for identifying and recording phytoliths from plant taxa. It lists the taxa and includes descriptions and slide references for different phytolith morphotypes produced by each, including spheres from Canna and Cucurbita, hair cells from Phaseolus, rhizome structures from Maranta and Calathea, trough bodies from Musa, and various shapes diagnostic of Zea mays and related grasses. Coordinate locations for noteworthy phytoliths are to be recorded.

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Economic Counting Form

This document provides a 3-page economic counting form for identifying and recording phytoliths from plant taxa. It lists the taxa and includes descriptions and slide references for different phytolith morphotypes produced by each, including spheres from Canna and Cucurbita, hair cells from Phaseolus, rhizome structures from Maranta and Calathea, trough bodies from Musa, and various shapes diagnostic of Zea mays and related grasses. Coordinate locations for noteworthy phytoliths are to be recorded.

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ECONOMIC COUNTING FORM (3/2005)


(with examples of taxa producing the types and MU Phytolith Data Base Record—R—numbers)

Slide #_________ Scanner______ Project_____________________


Date__________ Microscope_____ Provenience_________________
Starting point__________
Stopping point_________

ECONOMIC (record coordinates for each; photograph)


Cannaceae
Canna smooth, large spheres (80IAa200, 201;
R11,233)________________________________________________________________
(80IAa200: 511, 80IAa201: 2591, 2639; all C. edulis)

Cucurbitaceae (Lagenaria siceraria, Cucurbita sp.)


•broken Cucurbitaceae sphere
(80IFb101A)_____________________________________________________________

Cucurbitae tribe
•faceted sphere
(80IFb102)_______________________________________________________________

Lagenaria siceraria
•faceted sphere, elongated facets (80IFb100;
R19,20)_________________________________________________________________

Cucurbita spp.
•faceted sphere, small (wild) 43-74 microns
(80IFb101Ba)_____________________________________________________________
•faceted sphere, large (domesticated), 50-100 microns (80IFb101Bb; R174-
5)______________________________________________________________________

C. ficifolia
•faceted sphere, very large; smaller hemisphere barely scalloped; small scallops
on larger hem.
(80IFb101Bc)____________________________________________________________

Sicana odorifera
•faceted sphere; smaller hemisphere conical in profile
(80IFb101C)______________________________________________________________

Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
•elongate, undulating root body
(26IIA)__________________________________________________________________
(2577 Dioscorea sp.)
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Euphorbiaceae
Manihot
•small, heart-shaped secretory body (160I; R257,269-
72)_____________________________________________________________________
(a variety of Manihot esculenta slides)

Fabaceae
Phaseolus
•unicellular hair, hooked end, intercellular space, small (40IIIAa300A; R32,33,205-
6)______________________________________________________________________
(1466, 2606 P. lunatus)

Marantaceae
Maranta, Calathea
•irregular rhizome cylinder; decorated surface; abruptly narrowed tip
(26IAa; R242,258)_______________________________________________________________
(2672 C. allouia)
•flat domed rhizome cylinder; ciliate or beaded decoration; distinctive, smooth head
(26IAb; R243,259-
61)_________________________________________________________________
(2672 C. allouia)
•rhizome spindle; cylindrical, tapers gradually to pointed tip; nodular surface
(26IB; R244)__________________________________________________________________
(2720 C. inocephala)
•flattened nodular body
(80ICd)__________________________________________________________________
(2732 M. gibba)

Maranta
•seed body tips
(22VIICa)_______________________________________________________________
(2038 M. arundinacea)
•seed epidermis; smooth/solid cylinder shaft, long (22VIIAa; R79-
83)_____________________________________________________________________
(2036 M. gibba)

M. arundinacea (2038)
•seed epidermis; smooth/solid cylinder shaft, shortened, grainy surface (22VIIAb; R84-
6)______________________________________________________________________

Calathea
•seed body tips (22VIICa, Cb, Cc; R98,
157)____________________________________________________________________
(2347, 8 C. allouia; 2022 C. altissima)
•diagonally scored rectangular body (60IB;
R87,89)_________________________________________________________________
(2027, 8 C. marantina; 2594, 5 C. lutea)
•seed body, cylindrical, shortened, irregular end, tip acuminate or acute (22VIIBc1;
R94,95)_________________________________________________________________
(2022 C. altissima)
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•flat rhizome type; decorated, beaded edge; elongate, irregularly stellate center
(26IIB; R245,262-
3)______________________________________________________________________
(2672 C. allouia, 2725 C. marantifolia)
•verrucate sphere (80IJ;
R246)___________________________________________________________________
(2672 C. allouia, 2725 C. marantifolia)

C. allouia (2347, 8)
•seed body; shaft twisted/broken irregularly; broad, blunt tip; granular surface (22VIIBc2)
or flattened grainy tip and thin spines
(22VIIBc3)(R156,158)______________________________________________________

Musaceae
•Musa trough bodies, squared or rounded (80IIBa; R40-2)(Musa dom.)__________________

Poaceae
Zea mays
•wavy-top rondel (30IIBe,
R105,118,119)____________________________________________________________
(2065, 2077, 2089, 2385)
•gracile spherical body (22VIIIDa,
R128)___________________________________________________________________
(2078, 2383)
•Large, extra-large Variant 1 crosses____________________________________________

Zea spp. (maize and teosintes)


•ruffle-top rondel (30IIBf;
R120,121)_______________________________________________________________
(2065, 2077, 2089, 2385, 2409, 2411, 2419
•half-decorated rondel (30IIBg;
R122,123)_______________________________________________________________
(Slides 2409, 2411, 2449)
•half-decorated oblong body (22VIIIC;
R131)___________________________________________________________________
(2409, 2411)
•robust globular body (22VIIIDb;
R126,127)_______________________________________________________________
(Slides 2397, 2409, 2411, 2449)

Zea spp. and some other Panicoid grasses


•rectangular IRP, wide (> 7.5 microns) (22VIIIAa;
R124)___________________________________________________________________
•irregular IRP (22VIIIB;
R125)___________________________________________________________________
(Slides 2063, 2069, 2409, 2411, 2449)

Zea spp., teosinte


•blocky body, semi-circular cuts (22XA;
R132)______________________________________________
(Slide 2411)

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