found: Work cat.: 97-22711: Piperno, D.R. The silica bodies of tropical American grasses, 1997:CIP introd. (Silica bodies are a type of phytolith that form in specialized epidermal cells of grass leaves. They have long been recognized as distinctive to Poaceae)
found: Vascular plant systematics, 1974:p. 186, under Leaf anatomy (Silica bodies; record shape and distribution in all tissues. Characteristic of monocotyledons)
found: AGRICOLA, via 1st search, Aug. 19, 1997(title: Silica bodies in grasses)
found: BiolAgrIndex, via 1st search, Aug. 19, 1997(title: Silica bodies)
found: BasicBIOSIS, via 1st search, Aug. 19, 1997(title: Silica bodies; abstract: Silica bodies)
found: Alta Vista Search, Aug. 19, 1997(Silica bodies in Tillandsieae Juss, Musaceae, Rapateaceae, Poaceae, etc.)
