Macropattern of Styloid and Druse Crystals in Quillaja (Quillajaceae) Bark and Leaves

@article{Lersten2005MacropatternOS,
  title={Macropattern of Styloid and Druse Crystals in Quillaja (Quillajaceae) Bark and Leaves},
  author={Nels R. Lersten and Harry T. Horner},
  journal={International Journal of Plant Sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={166},
  pages={705 - 711}
}
  • N. LerstenH. Horner
  • Published 1 September 2005
  • Environmental Science
  • International Journal of Plant Sciences
Quillaja has been shuffled among tribes and subfamilies of Rosaceae, segregated from it as a separate family, and, most recently, transferred to the Fabales as a separate family. Many anomalous characters have kept it from being settled anywhere permanently. One character never mentioned by systematists, but long known, is the anomalous (for Rosaceae) occurrence of prominent styloid calcium oxalate crystals, reported from the inner bark of stems. We describe in more detail the macropattern of… 
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