1 This term is the most general term possible \N \N \N 2 inheritance relationship \N \N \N 636 The outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem which gives rise to the abaxial/lower leaf epidermis. \N \N \N 614 Zone at base of leaf, flower, fruit, or other plant part that contains an abscission (or separation) layer and a protective layer, both involved in the abscission of the plant part. \N \N \N 118 OBSOLETE. The accessory tissue extending laterally into the mesophyll rather than remaining associated with the vascular bundles. \N Not in current literature. \N 637 The outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem which gives rise to the adaxial/upper leaf epidermis. \N \N \N 531 Adult leaves are characterized by particular anatomical traits namely, wax and trichome distribution, presence or absence of epidermal cell types, cell wall shape and biochemistry. \N The adult leaves are placed above the juvenile (oldest) leaves. However in some plants the juvenile leaves may go on to establish as adult leaves. \N 229 Root developing from any plant part other than near the root apex. \N see radicle, lateral root, primary root. \N 230 Apical meristem of the adventitious root. \N \N \N 231 The outer most cell layer of the adventitious root. \N \N \N 639 Parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces of schizogenous or lysigenous origin. \N As applied to an intercellular space, originating by one or a combination of two processes, separation and degradation of cell walls. \N 201 The outermost endosperm tissue of the seeds, its cells being characterized by presence of protein bodies containing seed storage proteins. \N \N \N 356 Collectively the stamens of one flower. \N \N \N 357 Collectively the stamens of one grass floret. \N \N \N 358 Collectively the stamens of one floret of a maize plant. \N \N \N 283 Collectively the stamens of maize ear floret. \N The development of the androecium in the ear floret of a normal maize plant is aborted and is present in a rudimentary state. \N 284 Collectively the stamens of lower floret of a pedicellate spikelet of maize ear inflorescence. \N The development of the androecium in the ear floret of a normal maize plant is aborted and is present in a rudimentary state. \N 360 Collectively the stamens of lower floret of a pedicellate spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N This consitutes a functional androecium. \N 285 Collectively the stamens of lower floret of a sessile spikelet of maize ear inflorescence. \N The development of the androecium in the ear floret of a normal maize plant is aborted and is present in a rudimentary state. \N 361 Collectively the stamens of lower floret of a sessile spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N \N \N 359 Collectively the stamens of one floret of a tassel inflorescence of maize. \N \N \N 286 Collectively the stamens of upper floret of a pedicellate spikelet of maize ear inflorescence. \N The development of the androecium in the ear floret of a normal maize plant is aborted and is present in a rudimentary state. \N 362 Collectively the stamens of upper floret of a pedicellate spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N This consitutes a functional androecium. \N 287 Collectively the stamens of upper floret of a sessile spikelet of maize ear inflorescence. \N The development of the androecium in the ear floret of a normal maize plant is aborted and is present in a rudimentary state. \N 363 Collectively the stamens of upper floret of a sessile spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N \N \N 119 OBSOLETE. A form of collenchyma in which the primary wall thickening is most prominent in the angles where three or more cells are joined. \N The term was made obsolete because angular form is a common attribute of ordinary collenchyma. \N 389 The pollen-bearing part of a stamen. \N \N \N 377 The pollen-bearing part of a stamen of a grass floret. \N \N \N 365 The pollen-bearing part of a stamen of a maize floret. \N \N \N 392 A multicellular layer with outer epidermis and an inner endothecium. \N \N \N 380 A multicellular layer with outer epidermis and an inner endothecium of an anther of a grass stamen. \N \N \N 368 A multicellular layer with outer epidermis and an inner endothecium of an anther of a maize stamen. \N \N \N 8 Cell, commonly three in number as in the eight-nucleate embryo sac, located at the other end of the embryo sac from the female gamete. \N More or less persistent, multiplicative or not. \N 447 The region on the other side of the ovule from the raphe. \N see raphe. \N 9 The uppermost cell formed after the first division of the zygote. \N \N \N 583 Hook-like structure which develops at the apical part of the hypocotyl in dark-grown seedlings in dicots. \N \N \N 628 The meristems located at the apices of the main and lateral shoots and roots. \N \N \N 242 Meristem found in the apex of the lateral root. \N This is different from root lateral meristem. \N 190 Meristem found in the apex of the primary root. \N \N \N 170 A structure associated with and often partly or wholly covering a seed and developed from the funicle or raphe. \N Also used more generally to refer to a similar structure derived from any part of the ovule - there has been much and sometimes acrimonious debate over the correct definition of the term, so when used the origin of the aril should generally be given for clarity. \N 171 An outgrowth from parts of the seed other than from the funiculus or raphe. \N \N \N 44 A cell that is part of a compound laticifer in which the cell walls between contiguous cells partly or completely disappear. \N \N \N 25 A cell formed after asymmetric division of root epidermal cell that does not give rise to a root hair. \N \N \N 533 Outgrowth at the base of a leaf blade that may wrap around the stem. \N \N \N 337 A long bristle-like appendage found on the tip or back of various parts of the grass spikelet. \N \N \N 10 A vascular cell derived from the fusiform cambial initial and oriented with its longest diameter parallel with the main axis of stem or root. \N These cells make up the axial system, also known as vertical or longitudinal system. \N 595 Meristems formed in the axil of the leaf. \N \N \N 275 The shoot developing from the axillary bud meristem. \N \N \N 17 The lowermost cell formed after the first division of the zygote. \N \N \N 529 A leaf, usually different in form from the foliage leaves, subtending a flower or inflorescence. \N Often used to refer to what is called here floral bract. \N 515 A small leaf or leaves borne singly or in pairs on the pedicel, the prophyll(s) of the flower-shoot (pedicel plus flower). \N \N \N 578 A reduced leaf surrounding a dormant bud. \N \N \N 26 An enlarged more or less thin-walled epidermal cell present, with other similar cells, in longitudinal rows in leaves of monocots. \N Also called motor cell because of its presumed participation in the mechanism of rolling and unrolling of leaves. \N 534 A layer or layers of cells surrounding the vascular bundles of leaves. It may consist of parenchyma or sclerenchyma. \N \N \N 617 A strip of ground tissue present along the leaf veins and extending from the bundle sheath to the epidermis. It may be present on one or both sides of the vein and may consist of parenchyma or sclerenchyma. \N \N \N 640 A tissue formed as a result of wounding, or a tissue developing in a tissue culture. \N \N \N 471 The sepals of one flower collectively. \N \N \N 55 Cell localized in the vascular cambium or phellogen that their periclinal divisions can contribute cells either to the outside or to the inside of the axis; in vascular cambium, classified into fusiform initials (source of axial cells of xylem and phloem) and ray initials (source of the ray cells). \N \N \N 631 A lateral meristem, the cells of which divide mostly periclinally. \N \N \N 120 OBSOLETE. A cup-shaped region in the shoot apical meristem found between the central mother cell and the rib and peripheral zone. The cells of this zone are derived from the corpus intials, but in some cases they arise also from tunica initials. \N If found, this zone is a temporary feature mostly in Gymnosperms. \N 440 A megasporophyll, almost always at the center of a flower, its margins more or less fused together or with other carpels to enclose the ovule(s).\\n \N If carpels are fused, the gynoecium is a syncarpous gynoecium, as in Poaceae, Brassicaceae and Solanaceae. If carpels are free, the gynoecium is an apocarpous gynoecium, as in Fabaceae. \N 407 A megasporophyll at the center of a grass floret enclosing the ovule. \N \N \N 289 A megasporophyll at the center of a maize floret enclosing the ovule. \N \N \N 172 An outgrowth from the surface of a seed, usually near the hilum or micropyle. \N \N \N 260 A band-like wall formation within primary walls that contains suberin and lignin; typical of endodermal cells in roots, in which it occurs in radial and transverse anticlinal walls. \N \N \N 537 Leaf or pairs/whorls of leaves borne on the stem. \N In Arabidopsis, refers to the leaves that are borne on the elongated inflorescence branches. \N 7 Structural and physiological unit of a living organism; it (i.e., plant cell) consists of protoplast and cell wall; in nonliving state, of cell wall only, or cell wall and some nonliving inclusions. \N \N \N 202 Endosperm in which the first karyokinesis event is accompanied by cytokinesis. \N \N \N 18 The largest cell of the mature embryo sac. Contains two polar nuclei, which (after double fertilization) will develop into the endosperm. \N \N \N 203 The central region of the endosperm composed of cells that are significantly larger than those at the periphery, especially the aleurone and sub-aleurone layers. \N Also called starchy endosperm region (characteristic of some grasses). \N 255 The central part of a root cap in which the cells are arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 244 The central part of a root cap of a lateral root in which the cells are arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 250 The central part of a root cap of the primary root in which the cells are arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 278 The inflorescence axis of the ear. \N \N \N 485 The inflorescence axis of the tassel. \N \N \N 586 An area of densely packed cells in the shoot apex that divide infrequently. \N Functions as a population of stem cells that replenishes the meristem. \N 448 Region in the ovule where the integuments and the nucellus join with the funiculus. \N The chalaza is recognized as the region which initiates the two integuments at its flank. \N 412 Region in the grass ovule where the integuments and the nucellus merge with the funiculus. \N \N \N 293 Region in the maize ovule where the integuments and the nucellus merge with the funiculus. \N \N \N 204 The part of the endosperm nearest the chalazal region of the ovule and forming a cyst-like structure. \N Not in current literature. More like an attribute. \N 641 Chloroplast-containing parenchyma tissue. \N \N \N 67 Parenchyma cell containing chloroplasts; a component of leaf mesophyll and other green parenchyma tissue. \N \N \N 177 A tubular structure developed at the junction of the cotyledonary sheath with the seedling axis, and surrounding the plumule of a monocot embryo or seedling. \N \N \N 178 Tissue surrounding the radicle in the embryo or seedling of some monocots. \N \N \N 618 Living tissue composed of more or less elongated cells with thick nonlignified primary cell walls. \N \N \N 19 Elongated living cells with unevenly thickened nonlignified primary walls. \N \N \N 103 A rod-like element of the sexine/ectexine, either supporting the tectum or a caput. \N \N \N 20 Cell that constitutes the central part of the root cap, arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 59 Cell that produces columella cells in the root cap. In direct contact with quiescent center. \N \N \N 175 A tuft of hairs at one end of a seed. \N \N \N 661 A specialized parenchyma cell associated with a sieve-tube member in angiosperm phloem and arising from the same mother cell as the sieve-tube member. \N \N \N 538 A leaf having two or more distinct leaflets that are evident as such from early in development. \N \N \N 390 The part of the stamen that connects the microsporangia/pollen sacs. \N \N \N 378 The part of the stamen of a grass floret, that connects the microsporangia/pollen sacs. \N \N \N 366 The part of the stamen of a maize floret, that connects the microsporangia or pollen sacs \N \N \N 121 OBSOLETE. An axial parenchyma or a ray cell physiologically associated with a tracheary element. Also a cell next to a stoma. \N Not used in current plant literature. \N 610 Lateral meristem which produces the phellem (cork) and the phelloderm. \N \N \N 21 A phellem cell derived from cork cambium, nonliving at maturity, and having suberized walls. \N Protective in function because the walls are highly impervious to water. \N 476 The petals of a flower collectively. \N \N \N 122 OBSOLETE. Group of cells located beneath anticlinally dividing peripheral layers (tunica) and dividing in many planes. In apical shoot meristem. Such division cause the increase in the volume of shoot. \N The term has been made obsolete because this concept is used in a very loose sense. \N 619 Tissue between the vascular system and the epidermis in stem and root. \N \N \N 179 A leaf or leaves formed at the first node of a sporophyte. \N \N \N 181 The abaxial/lower epidermal cell layer of the cotyledon. \N \N \N 182 The adaxial/upper epidermal cell layer of the cotyledon. \N \N \N 180 The epidermal cell layer of the cotyledon. \N \N \N 183 An organized group of cells that will differentiate into a cotyledon. \N \N \N 184 Vascular system of the leaf. \N \N \N 109 In vitro grown cell aggregates that originated from isolated protoplasts, cell suspensions, or from callus that was induced in sterile medium the supplemented by plant growth regulators. \N \N \N 110 In vitro grown isolated cells and small cell aggregates that proliferate while suspended in liquid sterile medium or spread on a solid agar medium. \N In cell cultures, the cells are no longer organized into tissues. \N 114 In vitro isolated and maintained mature or immature zygotic embryos, somatic embryos or haploid embryos (derived from male gametophyte). \N \N \N 111 In vitro grown isolated cells and small cell aggregates that originated from isolated leaf protoplasts (after they re-established cell wall, or from callus that was induced from leaf tissue). \N \N \N 112 In vitro isolated cells from which the entire cell wall has been enzymatically removed. \N \N \N 113 In vitro grown isolated cells and small cell aggregates that originated from isolated protoplasts after they re-established cell wall, or from callus that was induced from segment of root. \N \N \N 27 A layer of fatty material, cutin, rather impervious to water, located on the outer walls of epidermal cells. \N \N \N 47 In monosporic and bisporic megasporogenesis: the megaspore(s) that would not participate in megagametogenesis. \N \N \N 48 The megaspores in a grass plant that would not participate in megagametogenesis. \N \N \N 123 OBSOLETE. Fruit that breaks open at maturity to release the contents. \N \N \N 623 Tissue derived from the protoderm that covers the surface of the plant body. \N \N \N 233 The portion of the root located behind the elongation zone containing cells that are differentiating into their final form and function. \N \N \N 277 The distal part of a lateral (axillary) branch in Zea that bears the functionally-carpellate florets in a highly contracted inflorescence. \N \N \N 282 Small flowers of the spikelets of maize ear. \N \N \N 318 Apical shoot meristem that gives rise to the organs of a maize ear floret. \N \N \N 279 Apical shoot meristem that gives rise to the maize ear. \N \N \N 319 Ultimate pedicellate inflorescence branch of the maize ear that develops from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 280 The stalk of a maize ear below the lowest ear node. \N \N \N 324 Ultimate sessile inflorescence branch of the maize ear that develops from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 281 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize ear. \N \N \N 333 Apical meristem that gives rise to the upper and lower florets of the maize ear spikelets. \N \N \N 511 Apical meristem that produces two spikelet meristems, each of which produces two floral meristems in a maize ear. \N \N \N 328 The axis of the ear spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 98 The outer part of the exine, which stains positively with basic fuchsin in optical microscopy and has higher electron density in conventionally prepared TEM sections. \N Although the term endexine as originally defined (see APWeb) was more or less synonymous with nexine it no longer is because endexine is now invariably used in the sense of F?gri (see APWeb). Nexine and sexine are distinguished on purely morphological criteria, whereas ectexine and endexine differ in their staining properties. \N 91 The egg cell and two synergids located at the micropylar end of the female gametophyte, or the embryo sac, in angiosperms. \N \N \N 23 A non motile cell at the apex of the embryo sac immediately adjacent to the micropyle and associated with the synergid cells. \N \N \N 173 An appendage of a seed, usually rich in oil, attractive to animals, especially ants. \N \N \N 236 The portion of the root that includes small, densely cytoplasmic cells that are dividing and expanding in size. \N \N \N 176 A young sporophyte contained within a seed. \N \N \N 186 Axial part of the young sporophyte comprising the hypocotyl, and the root meristem, or the radicle if one is present. \N \N \N 191 The body of the developing embryo attached to the maternal tissue in the ovule by filamentous suspensor. \N \N \N 192 The first few leaves developing from the embryonic shoot apical meristem. \N \N \N 187 Meristem at the apex of the embryonic axis. \N \N \N 100 The inner part of the exine, which stains. \N Although the term endexine as originally defined (see APWeb) was more or less synonymous with nexine it no longer is because endexine is now invariably used in the sense of F?gri (see APWeb). Nexine and sexine are distinguished on purely morphological criteria, whereas ectexine and endexine differ in their staining properties. \N 166 The innermost differentiated layer of the fruit wall or pericarp. \N \N \N 72 Cell in the endodermal layer of the root with cell wall that remains non-thickened. \N \N \N 620 The innermost layer of the cortex in roots and stems of seed plants. The layer of tissue forming a sheath around the vascular region and often having a casparian strip in its anticlinal walls; it may have secondary walls later. \N \N \N 200 Nutritive tissue in a seed, in angiosperms usually triploid and formed after fertilization by the fusion of one gamete with the polar nucleus, sometimes diploid or polyploid. \N \N \N 205 Relatively unspecialized ground tissue present in the seed endosperm, often devoid of intercellular spaces. \N \N \N 214 That part of the seed coat that develops from the inner epidermis of the inner integument. \N \N \N 215 That part of the seed coat that develops from the inner epidermis of the outer integument. \N \N \N 393 The hypodermis of an anther sac with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence, especially when this is by slits. \N \N \N 381 The hypodermis of an anther sac of a grass stamen with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence. \N \N \N 369 The hypodermis of an anther sac of a maize stamen with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence. \N \N \N 451 Cells of the inner epidermis of the inner (or only) integument of the ovule that are radially elongated and metabolically very active. \N \N \N 193 A flap of tissue in an embryo or seedling arising opposite to the insertion of the cotyledon/scutellum. \N \N \N 402 A whorl of structures immediately outside the calyx whorl. \N \N \N 167 The outer layer of the fruit wall or pericarp. \N \N \N 194 The first internode of the stem above the hypocotyl. In literature also used for the entire embryonic axis, consisting of several internodes, above the cotyledonary node. \N \N \N 24 Cell that constitutes dermal tissue. \N \N \N 60 A relatively unspecialized cell that will give rise to specialized cell types of the epidermis. \N \N \N 624 An outermost cell layer of primary tissues of the plant, sometimes comprised of more than one layer. \N \N \N 154 OBSOLETE. A compact layer of cells, often secretory in function, covering a free surface or lining a cavity. \N Functional term \N 39 Cell of the mesophyll of a hydathode found between the xylem endings and the epidermis. \N Proposed to be involved in the retrieval of solutes from the xylem sap. \N 97 The outer layer of the pollen grain wall, highly resistant to strong acids and bases, and composed primarily of sporopollenin. \N \N \N 73 A short cell in the dimorphic type of exodermis with cell wall that remains non-thickened. \N \N \N 258 The sub-epidermal layer or layers of cells of the root similar in structure and cytochemical characteristics of the endodermis, the outermost layer or layers of cells of the cortex. \N The cell walls are thickened and contain suberin. Absent in pteridophytes, fibrous in Phoenix and accompanied by sclerenchyma in Ananas. \N 216 That part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the inner integument. \N \N \N 217 That part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the outer integument. \N \N \N 394 The epidermis of an anther sac, sometimes with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence, usually only when this is poricidal. \N \N \N 382 The epidermis of an anther sac of a grass stamen. \N \N \N 370 The epidermis of an anther sac of a maize stamen. \N \N \N 526 A multicellular glandular structure found in places other than flower secreting a liquid containing organic substances especially sugar. \N \N \N 633 Vascular cambium originating from procambium within vascular bundles or fascicles. \N \N \N 90 Embryo sac in flowering plants. \N \N \N 338 A lemma that encloses a functional flower, with androecium, gynoecium or both. \N \N \N 16 A fiber-like tracheid in the secondary xylem; commonly thick walled, with pointed ends and bordered pits that have lenticular to slit-like apertures. \N \N \N 399 The stalk of a stamen. \N \N \N 387 The stalk of the stamen of a grass floret. \N \N \N 375 The stalk of the stamen of a maize floret. \N \N \N 400 The epidermal cell layer of the stamen filament. \N \N \N 85 A complex of cell wall invaginations in a synergid cell similar to those in transfer cells. \N \N \N 532 The last mature leaf before the inflorescence in a cereal crop plant. \N \N \N 124 OBSOLETE. The fruit may be derived from monocarpellate or multicarpellate gynoecia. Their walls may consist of the pericarp or of pericarp fused with extracarpellary tissue. The outer part of the fruit wall or the entire fruit wall may become fleshy by differentiating into soft, succulent parenchyma. Parts other than the wall such as placentae and partitions in multilocular ovaries may become fleshy. \N \N \N 335 Leaf like structure subtending a flower. \N \N \N 352 Meristem that gives rise to the floral organs. \N \N \N 403 A multicellular glandular structure found in the flower secreting a liquid containing organic substances especially sugars. \N \N \N 404 Small flowers, esp. of the spikelets of Poaceae and Cyperaceae and the capitula of Asteraceae. \N \N \N 405 Small flowers of the spikelets of Poaceae. \N \N \N 353 Meristem that gives rise to the organs of a floret of a grass plant. \N \N \N 355 A heterosporangiate strobilus, typically consisting of androecium, gynoecium, usually surrounded by a perianth and borne on an axis or receptacle. \N The characteristic reproductive structure of angiosperms. \N 438 Zone at base of the flower that contains an abscission (or separation) layer and a protective layer, both involved in the abscission of the flower and its parts. \N \N \N 99 The inner layer of the ectexine. \N \N \N 206 Endosperm in which at least the first karyokinesis is not followed by cytokinesis. \N \N \N 163 The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms, formed from the ovary after flowering. \N \N \N 164 Zone at base of the fruit that contains an abscission (or separation) layer and a protective layer, both involved in the abscission of the fruit. \N \N \N 49 The megaspore(s) that forms the embryo sac. \N \N \N 50 The megaspore that forms the embryo sac in grasses. \N \N \N 442 The stalk which attaches the ovule to the placenta. \N \N \N 409 The stalk which attaches the ovule to the placenta in a grass carpel. \N \N \N 291 The stalk which attaches the ovule to the placenta in a maize carpel. \N \N \N 56 An elongated cell with approximately wedge-shaped ends, found in the vascular cambium, which gives rise to the elements of the axial system in the secondary vascular tissues. \N \N \N 89 A haploid plant, or phase of a plant's life cycle, that bears gametes after mitotic events. \N \N \N 40 A cell of the male gametophyte of angiosperms that divides to produce two male gametes or sperm cells. \N \N \N 106 Area through which the pollen imports the nutrition during its development, at the time of pollen germination, the pollen tube emerges through it. \N \N \N 489 A "bract" in the inflorescence of a grass, sedge or similar plant. \N \N \N 330 A bract in the ear inflorescence of a maize plant, subtending two florets. \N \N \N 490 A bract in the tassel inflorescence of a maize plant, subtending two florets. \N \N \N 125 OBSOLETE. Tissues other than the vascular tissues, epidermis and the periderm. \N Uninformative definition. Check it again. \N 28 One of a pair of cells flanking the stomatal pore. \N They cause the opening and closing of the pore by changes in turgor. \N 29 Epidermal cell that divides to produce the guard cells. \N \N \N 439 Collectively the carpels of a flower. \N \N \N 406 Collectively the carpels of a grass floret. \N \N \N 425 Collectively the carpels of a maize floret. \N \N \N 288 Collectively the carpels of a maize ear floret. \N \N \N 299 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of a maize ear. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 427 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 300 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of sessile spikelet of maize ear. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 428 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of sessile spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 426 Collectively the carpels of a maize tassel floret. \N The development of the gynoecium in the tassel floret of a normal maize plant is aborted and is present in a rudimentary state. \N 301 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of maize ear. \N A functional gynoecium. \N 429 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 302 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of sessile spikelet of maize ear. \N A functional gynoecium. \N 430 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of sessile spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 466 The very first appearance of gynoecium. \N \N \N 467 The stalk at the base of the ovary. \N Typically receptacular in origin. \N 126 OBSOLETE. The root of particular parasitic plants that becomes cemented to the host axis and intrudes into the tissues of the host. \N Term is specific for parasitic plants only. \N 207 Endosperm in which the first karyokinetic event is accompanied by the formation of a horizontal wall which divides the central cell into unequal regions. The larger one is the micropylar chamber in which cytokinesis does not occur and the smaller one is the chalazal chamber. \N \N \N 209 The scar on a seed at the place where it was attached to its funicle. \N \N \N 652 A structural modification of vascular and non-vascular tissues, usually in a leaf, that permits the release of water through a pore in the epidermis. \N \N \N 469 A cup- or tube-like structure bearing perianth and stamens on its rim, so these arise above the base, and often above the top, of the ovary of a flower. \N \N \N 185 The unifacial terete apical portion of a monocot cotyledon, sometimes also visible on other leaves. \N \N \N 188 The part of the stem below the cotyledonary node and transitional to a root, found in a young sporophyte. \N \N \N 621 It is the innermost layer of the cortex of hypocotyl. \N \N \N 622 A layer or layers of cells beneath the epidermis that is distinct in appearance from adjacent tissues. It is the outermost layer or layers of cells of the cortex. \N \N \N 42 The uppermost cell of the suspensor from which part of the root and root cap in the embryo of angiosperms are derived. \N \N \N 127 OBSOLETE. A cell in a tissue that markedly differs in form, size, or contents from other cells in the same tissue. \N This term was made obsolete because its a kind of attribute for a cell type. \N 108 Isolated and grown plant protoplast, cell, tissue and organ, involving, as a common factor, growth of microbe-free plant material in sterile environment, such as sterilized nutrient medium in a test tube or petri dish. \N \N \N 128 OBSOLETE. Fruit that does not open at maturity. \N \N \N 276 That part of the axial system of plants above the uppermost foliage leaf/pair of foliage leaves that bears flowers. \N Some plants have only solitary flowers, e.g. Magnolia. \N 484 The central supporting structure around which flowers are borne. \N cob (sensu Zea) is different from the cob inflorescence found in Sorghum. \N 488 A leaf, modified or not, subtending a branch of the inflorescence or borne on the inflorescence axis below any branches or flowers. \N \N \N 334 The leaf subtending an ear of corn and acting as outer envelope of the ear. \N \N \N 500 Any branch forming from the primary or the higher order inflorescence axis. \N \N \N 486 The region of rachis present between the two nodes. \N \N \N 507 Meristem that gives rise to the inflorescence. \N \N \N 487 The region of the inflorescence axis where the spikelet, flower, floret or the branch is attached. \N \N \N 162 The grouping or arrangement in which fruits are borne on a plant. \N \N \N 54 Cell in a meristem that by division gives rise to two cells one of which remains in the meristem, the other is added to the plant body. \N \N \N 450 The innermost of the two layers of tissue that usually cover the ovule, contiguous to the nucellus and usually contributing to the formation of the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 414 The innermost of the two layers of tissue that cover the ovule of a grass, contiguous to the nucellus and usually involved in forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 452 The epidermis of the inner integument in an ovule. \N \N \N 449 One of the layers of tissue that usually covers the ovule, enveloping the nucellus and forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 413 One of the layers of tissue that covers the ovule of a grass carpel, enveloping the nucellus and forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 294 One of the layers of tissue that covers the ovule of a maize carpel, enveloping the nucellus and forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 453 The epidermis of an integument in an ovule. \N \N \N 415 The epidermis of an integument in a grass ovule. \N \N \N 596 Meristematic tissue separated from the apical meristem in the primary body by more or less mature tissues. \N \N \N 634 Vascular cambium arising between vascular bundles or fascicles, in the interfascicular parenchyma or pith. \N \N \N 600 Region located between vascular bundles in the stem. \N Check for the relationship. Inapplicable for nearly all monocots. \N 662 Primary phloem tissue positioned internal to the primary xylem \N \N \N 601 The portion of a stem between the level of insertion of two successive leaves, leaf pairs or leaf whorls, or branches of an inflorescence, i.e. between two nodes. \N see node. \N 107 The innermost of the major layers of the pollen grain wall, underlies the exine and borders the cytoplasm, not acetolysis resistant and is therefore absent in conventionally prepared palynological material. \N \N \N 546 Distinct from adult leaves, being characterized by particular anatomical traits namely, wax and trichome distribution, presence or absence of epidermal cell types, cell wall shape and biochemistry. \N The first juvenile leaves are e.g. the embryonic leaves found in the grass kernel (caryopsis). \N 129 OBSOLETE. The outer layer of the tunica. \N A similar term L1 meristem (PO:0009020) occurs. \N 130 OBSOLETE. The second layer of the tunica. \N A similar term L2 meristem (PO:0009021) occurs. \N 131 OBSOLETE. The innermost layer of the tunica. \N A similar term L3 meristem (PO:0009022) occurs. \N 132 OBSOLETE. A collenchyma characterized by intercellular spaces and cell wall thickenings facing the intercellular spaces. \N The term was made obsolete because the lacunar form is an attribute of regular collenchyma. \N 133 OBSOLETE. A collenchyma in which cell wall thickenings are deposited mainly on tangential walls. \N The term was made obsolete because lamellar form is an attribute of regular collenchyma. \N 630 Cells along the stem or root that first differentiate and function as members of a mature tissue system but then again take up meristematic activity. \N \N \N 239 Root developing from the pericycle layer of the primary root. \N \N \N 256 The part of the root cap that is parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 245 In the lateral root, the part of the root cap that is parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 251 In the primary root, the part of the root cap that is parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 234 The portion of the lateral root located behind the elongation zone containing cells that are differentiating into their final form and function. \N \N \N 237 The portion of the lateral root located behind the zone of cell division that includes small, densely cytoplasmic cells that are dividing and expanding in size. \N \N \N 134 OBSOLETE. The outer most cell layer of the lateral roots. \N \N \N 240 An organized group of cells derived from the root pericycle that will differentiate into a new root. \N \N \N 241 The portion of the lateral root including the meristem and root cap. \N \N \N 563 Unbranched second order vein of the grass leaf blade. \N \N \N 43 A secretory structure that produces latex. \N \N \N 135 OBSOLETE. A specialized cells or ducts resembling vessels; they form branched networks of latex-secreting cells in the phloem and other parts of plants. \N Obsoleted: Too general definition of the term. Replaced by two terms: non-articulated laticifer cell and articulated laticifer cell. \N 530 Commonly thought of as one of the three basic parts of the seed plant body, a structure usually of determinate growth, without secondary thickening, and of superficial origin, often flattened and photosynthetic in part, and in the axil of which is found a bud. \N \N \N 553 The epidermal layer of the abaxial/lower surface of the leaf. \N \N \N 547 Zone at base of the leaf that contains an abscission (or separation) layer and a protective layer, both involved in the abscission of the leaf. \N \N \N 555 The epidermal layer of adaxial/upper surface of the leaf. \N \N \N 548 Spongy parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces in the leaf mesophyll. \N \N \N 558 The top part of the leaf, usually the apex of the leaf blade. \N \N \N 549 The bottom part of a leaf where it attaches to the stem. \N \N \N 550 A thin band of intercalary meristematic tissue at the junction of the leaf blade (lamina) and the leaf sheath found in grasses. \N \N \N 551 The layer of tissue forming a sheath around the vascular region in a leaf. \N Often found in the leaf of Gymnosperms and elsewhere. \N 552 Epidermal layer of a foliage leaf. \N \N \N 556 The meristematic tissue in the primary body of the leaf separated from the apical meristem by non-meristematic tissues. \N \N \N 557 The blade of a leaf, usually dorsiventrally flattened, and expanded. \N \N \N 559 The margin or edge of the lamina. \N \N \N 564 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the foliage leaf. \N \N \N 567 An organized group of cells that will differentiate into leaf that are emerging as an outgrowth in the shoot apex (flanking the meristem). \N \N \N 539 That part of the main axis of a pinnate or more highly compound leaf, that bears leaflets or divisions of the axis. \N \N \N 568 Any tubular portion of the leaf surrounding the stem, as in the Poaceae. \N \N \N 38 Trichome on/from the epidermis of a leaf. \N \N \N 569 Vascular system of the leaf. \N \N \N 560 A strand of vascular tissue in the leaf blade. \N \N \N 540 One of the ultimate segments of a compound leaf. \N \N \N 541 The margin or edges of the leaflet. \N \N \N 336 In a grass floret, the lower of two bracts enclosing a flower. \N \N \N 303 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear floret. \N \N \N 304 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 340 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 305 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 341 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 339 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel floret. \N \N \N 306 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 342 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 307 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 343 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 602 Loosely-packed mass of cork cells occurring especially in the young stem, bark or even leaf of a plant, visible on the surface as a raised, often powdery-appearing spot, through which gaseous exchange occurs. \N \N \N 570 A membranous or hairy appendage on the adaxial/upper surface of a leaf, at the junction between sheath and blade, especially in grasses \N \N \N 431 In a grass floret, one of two or three tiny scales or flaps of tissue outside the stamens, possibly representing reduced perianth segments. \N \N \N 308 In a Maize ear floret, one of two or three tiny scales or flaps of tissue outside the stamens, possibly representing reduced perianth segments. \N \N \N 432 In a tassel floret, one of two or three tiny scales or flaps of tissue outside the stamens, possibly representing reduced perianth segments. \N \N \N 309 The lower of the two florets of the pedicellate spikelet rachilla of a maize ear. \N The lower floret on the ear does not usually develop into a functional one. \N 434 The lower of the two florets of the pedicellate spikelet of a maize tassel. \N \N \N 311 The lower of the two florets on the sessile spikelet of a maize ear. \N This floret does not usually develop into a functional one. \N 435 The lower of the two florets of the sessile spikelet of a maize tassel. \N \N \N 497 The proximal/basal of the two glumes. \N \N \N 331 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the ear spikelet. \N \N \N 320 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the ear pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 492 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the tassel pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 325 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the ear sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 493 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the tassel sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 491 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the tassel spikelet. \N \N \N 136 OBSOLETE. Aerenchyma originating by dissolution of cells. \N The term was made obsolete because lysigenous form is an attribute of regular aerenchyma. \N 93 A plant body or cell lineage formed by vegetative growth of the microspore, producing male gametes. \N \N \N 137 OBSOLETE. provisional term \N \N \N 138 OBSOLETE. Literally a large leaf, a leaf of any size whose vascular supply leaves one or more gaps as it departs from the stem vascular tissue. \N \N \N 46 The larger, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced after meiosis in the life cycle of a heterosporous plant, and on germination giving rise to the female gametophyte (embryo sac). \N \N \N 51 The larger, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced after meiosis in the life cycle of a grass plant, and on germination giving rise to the female gametophyte (embryo sac). \N \N \N 52 The larger, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced after meiosis in the life cycle of a maize plant, and on germination giving rise to the female gametophyte (embryo sac). \N \N \N 77 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) megaspores. \N \N \N 78 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) megaspores in a grass plant. \N \N \N 79 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) megaspores in a maize plant. \N \N \N 580 A structure upon which (or in the axil of which) one or more megasporangia are borne; in flowering plants, a carpel. \N \N \N 139 OBSOLETE. One segment of a fruit of a schizocarp consisting of pericarp plus seed(s). \N \N \N 627 Regions of a plant in which cells that have retained their embryonic characteristics, or have reverted to them secondarily, and that divide to produce new cells that can undergo differentiation to form mature tissues, i.e. they have a capacity for morphogenesis and growth. \N \N \N 587 The outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem which gives rise to the shoot epidermis. \N \N \N 588 The cell layer beneath the L1 layer in the shoot meristem which gives rise to subepidermal tissue. \N \N \N 589 The multicellular layer beneath the L2 layer in the shoot meristem which gives rise to internal tissues of leaf and stem. \N \N \N 53 A cell synthesizing protoplasm and producing new cells by division and with only a primary cell wall. \N \N \N 61 A cell or a group of cells constituting an active locus of meristematic activity in a tissue composed of somewhat older, differentiating cells. \N \N \N 168 Middle layer of the fruit wall or pericarp. \N \N \N 195 The internode between the cotyledon or cotyledons and the leaf or leaves at the next node of a young sporophyte. \N \N \N 642 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the leaf or leaf like organs. \N \N \N 68 A Cell that constitutes leaf mesophyll. \N \N \N 535 The inner endodermal sheath of a two layered bundle sheath. The cells are smaller in diameter compared to those in outer wall (starch sheath). The cell walls are thick and contain suberized lamellae. They are analogous to endodermis. \N \N \N 663 Part of the primary phloem that differentiates after the protophloem and before the secondary phloem, if any of the latter is formed. \N \N \N 668 Part of the primary xylem that differentiates after the protoxylem and before the secondary xylem, if any of the latter is formed. \N \N \N 140 OBSOLETE. Literally a small leaf, a leaf of any size in which any vascular trace supplying it does not interrupt the central vascular cylinder when it departs, i.e. there are no leaf gaps. \N \N \N 208 The region of the endosperm closest to the micropyle of the seed. \N \N \N 456 A small canal or opening through the integument(s) at the apex of an ovule. \N In a mature seed the micropyle may remain visible as an occluded pore or may be obliterated. The micropyle originates as an opening in the integuments of an ovule through which the pollen tube usually enters the embryo sac. \N 417 A small canal through the inner integument(s) at the apex of a grass ovule. \N \N \N 391 Sporangium producing microspores, usually many in number. \N \N \N 379 Sporangium in the anther of a grass stamen producing microspores, usually many in number. \N \N \N 367 Sporangium in the anther of a maize stamen producing microspores, usually many in number . \N \N \N 62 The smaller, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced after meiosis in the life cycle of a heterosporous plant, and on germination giving rise to the male gametophyte. \N \N \N 63 The smaller, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced in the life cycle of a grass plant. It gives rise to the male gametophyte. \N \N \N 64 The smaller, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced in the life cycle of a maize plant. It gives rise to the male gametophyte. \N \N \N 80 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) microspores. \N \N \N 81 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) microspores in a grass plant. \N \N \N 82 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) microspores in a maize plant. \N \N \N 581 A structure on which one or more microsporangia are borne; in flowering plants, the stamen. \N \N \N 561 The central, and usually the most prominent, vein of a leaf or leaf-like organ. \N \N \N 155 OBSOLETE. Cell containing mucilages or gums or similar carbohydrate material characterized by the property of swelling in water. \N Functional term \N 141 OBSOLETE. Fruit on a common axis derived from the ovaries of several flowers. \N \N \N 65 Cell containing glucosinolates ("mustard oil glucosides") and myrosinases, enzymes hydrolyzing the glucosinolates. \N \N \N 525 A multicellular glandular structure secreting a liquid containing organic substances especially sugars. \N \N \N 527 The epidermal layer of the nectary. \N \N \N 645 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the nectary. \N \N \N 101 The inner, non-sculptured part of the exine which lies below the sexine. \N Although the term endexine as originally defined (see APWeb) was more or less synonymous with nexine it no longer is because endexine is now invariably used in the sense of F?gri (see APWeb). Nexine and sexine are distinguished on purely morphological criteria, whereas ectexine and endexine differ in their staining properties. \N 232 An adventitious root that forms at a node. \N \N \N 603 The level (transverse plane) of a stem at which one or more leaves and associated axillary bud(s) arise. \N \N \N 45 Latex-containing cell that elongates indefinitely and grows intrusively between the walls of meristematic cells. \N \N \N 457 Subepidermal tissue in the ovule surrounding the megasporocyte. \N \N \N 418 Subepidermal tissue in the ovule of a grass plant surrounding the megasporocyte. \N \N \N 295 Subepidermal tissue in the ovule of a maize plant surrounding the megasporocyte. \N \N \N 116 The instances of this parent term are those anatomical terms which have become obsolete. \N \N \N 443 An outgrowth of the funicle, that forms a bridge between the micropyle and other tissues. \N Most commonly arising from the funicle, also developing from placenta, integument, etc. \N 653 A gland or a cavity lined with cells that secrete oils. \N Oil glands are schizogenous. \N 142 OBSOLETE. A natural part or structure in a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole. \N All organs are represented under sporophyte. \N 455 One of the two layers of tissue that usually cover the ovule, contiguous to the inner integument and usually involved in forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 454 The epidermis of the outer integument in an ovule. \N \N \N 416 One of the two layers of tissue that usually covers the ovule of a grass, contiguous to the inner integument and usually involved in forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 441 The basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels, that encloses the ovule(s). \N \N \N 408 The basal portion of a carpel that encloses the ovule(s) in a grass floret. \N \N \N 290 The basal portion of a carpel that encloses the ovule(s) in a maize floret. \N \N \N 445 The epidermal cell layer of the ovary. \N \N \N 410 The epidermal cell layer of the ovary of a grass carpel. \N \N \N 446 A stalked or sessile structure in a seed plant within which one or more megaspores are formed and later the female gametophyte or embryo sac develops. \N \N \N 411 A stalked or sessile structure in a grass carpel within which one or more megaspores are formed and later the female gametophyte or embryo sac develops. \N \N \N 292 A stalked or sessile structure in a maize carpel within which one or more megaspores are formed and later the female gametophyte or embryo sac develops. \N \N \N 458 An organized group of cells that will differentiate into ovule. \N \N \N 345 In a grass floret, the upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower. \N Possibly a prophyll/bracteole. \N 313 In a maize ear floret, the upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower. \N \N \N 310 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 347 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 312 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 348 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 346 In a maize tassel floret, the upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower. \N \N \N 314 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 349 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 315 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 350 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 351 A short, abrupt, flexible point present at the apex of the palea \N \N \N 69 Elongated chlorenchymatous cell oriented perpendicular to the leaf surface and which is active in photosynthesis. \N Usually found in the adaxil/upper part of the leaf mesophyll. \N 565 parenchyma containing closely packed elongated chlorenchymatous cells oriented perpendicular to the leaf surface and which are active in photosynthesis. \N \N \N 544 A once-compound leaf divided into several leaflets which arise at the same point, there being no rachis. \N \N \N 462 A soft protuberance on an epidermal cell of the stigma. \N \N \N 638 Relatively unspecialized tissue composed of polyhedral cells typically with thin, non-lignified cellulose cell walls and nucleate living protoplasts. \N \N \N 66 A relatively unspecialized cell with a nucleate protoplast. \N \N \N 536 A single layered, parenchymatous bundle sheath characterized by presence of large quantity of starch. \N Homologous to the endodermis. \N 71 Cell in exodermis or endodermis that remains thin walled when the associated cells develop thick secondary walls. \N \N \N 30 Epidermal cell with characteristic sinuous anticlinal cell walls that overall give a jigsaw like appearance to the leaf epidermis. \N \N \N 514 Basal part of the ultimate branch of the inflorescence. \N The bracteoles are borne on the pedicel, which terminates in a flower. \N 321 This is the ultimate branch of the pedicellate ear spikelet. \N \N \N 517 This is the ultimate branch of the pedicellate tassel spikelet. \N \N \N 518 The stalk of an inflorescence; that part of the inflorescence below the first flower or inflorescence branch and above the last foliage leaf/pair of foliage leaves. \N \N \N 470 Non-fertile parts of a flower surrounding the fertile organs, collectively the calyx and corolla of a flower, or only a singe whorl. \N \N \N 165 The wall of a fruit, developed from the ovary or carpel wall. \N \N \N 269 Part of the tissue of the stele located between the phloem and endodermis. \N \N \N 626 Secondary protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in stems and root, rarely in other organs. \N \N \N 576 Sac-like bract subtending the pistillate flower, as in Carex. \N \N \N 590 Organogenic region of the meristem, characterized by higher rates of cell division. \N \N \N 210 Diploid nutritive tissue in an angiospermous seed derived from nucellar tissue. \N \N \N 477 A member of the corolla, the inner whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower, usually soft and colored conspicuously. \N \N \N 479 The abaxial/lower epidermal cell layer of the petal. \N \N \N 480 The adaxial/upper epidermal cell layer of the petal. \N \N \N 478 The epidermal layer of the petal. \N \N \N 643 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the petal. \N \N \N 646 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the petals. \N \N \N 481 The very first appearance of a petal. \N \N \N 571 The stalk of a leaf. \N \N \N 647 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the leaf petiole. \N \N \N 542 The stalk of a leaflet. \N \N \N 611 A tissue often resembling cortical parenchyma produced centripetally by the cork cambium. \N \N \N 143 OBSOLETE. A cell within the phellem (cork) but distinct from the cork cell in having no suberin in its walls. \N Not used in current plant literature. Confusing definition. \N 659 Vascular tissue whose principal function is conducting organic subtances. \N \N \N 57 A cambial cell that is the source of one or more cells that differentiate into phloem elements. \N Phloem islands can be formed in the middle of the xylem. \N 144 OBSOLETE. A chloroplast-containing cell engaged in photosynthesis. \N Functional characterization is not part of the criteria. \N 499 Equals inflorescence bract of an involucre, as in Asteraceae. \N \N \N 528 A collective term for all the different types of leaves appearing on plants. \N \N \N 545 A once-compound leaf with leaflets borne along a rachis. \N The total number of leaflets may be even or odd, in which case the leaf is called even-pinnate or odd-pinnate respectively. \N 468 A sterile pistil, often rudimentary. \N \N \N 649 Non-vascular tissue in the center of stem or root \N \N \N 459 A more or less localized region within an ovary to which ovules are attached. \N \N \N 419 The region within an ovary to which ovules are attached in a grass carpel. \N \N \N 296 The region within an ovary to which ovules are attached in a maize carpel. \N \N \N 395 An inpushing of the anther wall. \N \N \N 383 An inpushing of the anther wall of a grass stamen. \N \N \N 371 An inpushing of the anther wall of a maize stamen. \N \N \N 5 A controlled vocabulary to describe the various plant parts and the growth and developmental stages. \N \N \N 6 Any morphological or anatomical feature of a plant. \N \N \N 196 The somewhat differentiated terminal bud in several embryo types above the cotyledonary node, in which one or more internodes and leaves or scales can be discerned in a primordial stage. \N \N \N 92 Usually two nuclei in the center of the eight-nucleate embryo sac that fuse, and subsequently fuse with one of the male gametes to produce the endosperm. \N see endosperm. \N 94 A tubular cell extension formed by the germinating pollen grain; carries the male gametes into the ovule. \N \N \N 95 Tip portion of the pollen tube that is rapidly growing. \N \N \N 96 Complex wall surrounding the micrsopore. \N \N \N 660 The phloem of the primary plant body. \N In stem or root it is differentiated behind the apical meristem. \N 247 The root which develops directly from the embryonic radicle. \N \N \N 235 A zone of cells that are differentiating into their final form and function located behind the elongation zone of the portion of the primary root. \N \N \N 238 A zone of small, densely cytoplasmic cells that are dividing and expanding in size located behind the zone of cell division in the primary root. \N \N \N 248 The portion of the primary root including the meristem and root cap. \N \N \N 582 The shoot developing from the embryonic shoot apical meristem. \N \N \N 591 A meristem derived directly from the shoot apical meristem and responsible for the primary increase in thickness of the shoot axis. \N May appear as a distinct mantle like zone. Often found in monocotyledons \N 145 OBSOLETE. The vascular tissue of the primary plant body at the embryonic stage. \N Redundant to sec ... \N 667 The xylem of the primary plant body. \N In stem or root it is differentiated behind the apical meristem. \N 629 A primary cambium which undergoes differentiation to form the primary vascular tissue. \N \N \N 146 OBSOLETE. Tissue that develops from phloem parenchyma in the outer portion of the inner bark accommodating the expansion in circumference. \N check the definition. \N 147 OBSOLETE. Meristematic tissue consisting of apical initials, together with cells derived from them and which are still close to the initial. \N \N \N 575 The first leaf or two leaves formed at the base of an axillary shoot, often smaller and/or in a distinctively different position from those formed subsequently. \N \N \N 615 The layer of cells in the abscission zone that have lignin and suberin depositions and are found on the axial side of the break or exposed surface of abscission. \N \N \N 635 The undifferentiated surface cell layer of the primary plant body, which gives rise to epidermis. \N It may or may not arise from independent initials. Some researchers also call it an epidermis in meristematic state. \N 664 The first-formed elements of the primary phloem. \N \N \N 669 The first formed elements of the primary xylem. \N \N \N 148 OBSOLETE. The 'stone' or 'pit' (endocarp plus seed) of a succulent fruit. \N \N \N 264 Hemispherically shaped aggregation of mitotically and metabolically inactive cells positioned behind the root cap. \N \N \N 322 The axis of the ear pedicellate spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 505 The axis of the tassel pedicellate spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 329 The axis of the ear sessile spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 326 The axis of the tassel sessile spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 189 The radicle is the basal continuation of the hypocotyl in an embryo and gives rise to the root system of the adult plant; sometimes more or less abortive. \N \N \N 444 That part of the funiculus that is adnate to the ovule. \N see antiraphe. \N 58 A cell in the vascular cambium that gives rise to ray cells of the secondary xylem and secondary phloem. \N \N \N 483 The region at end of pedicel or axis to which parts of flower are attached. \N \N \N 149 OBSOLETE. Aggregation of gamete producing structures. \N \N \N 654 A duct of schizogenous origin lined with resin-secreting cells and containing resin \N \N \N 150 OBSOLETE. Aerenchyma originating by rupture of cells. \N The term was made obsolete because rhexigenous form is an attribute of regular aerenchyma. \N 592 The region of the meristem that lies below the central zone and is flanked by the peripheral zone \N \N \N 228 An axial system which is usually underground and more or less positively geotropic, does not bear leaves and only rarely shoots, is endogenous in origin, indeterminate in growth and often with secondary thickening. \N Commonly thought of as one of the three basic parts of the seed plant body. \N 253 Parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces in the tissue of roots. \N \N \N 265 Meristem at the root apex. \N In most cases it is involved in root elongation. \N 254 A group of cells that covers the apical meristem of the root. \N \N \N 243 A group of cells that covers the apical meristem of the lateral root. \N \N \N 249 A group of cells that covers the apical meristem of the primary root. \N \N \N 257 The primary tissue located between the vascular system and the epidermis of the root. \N In dicots and gymnosperms, the cortex consists of mainly parenchyma cells. In monocots sclerenchyma develops in addition to parenchyma. \N 259 The innermost layer of the cortex in roots of seed plants. \N \N \N 261 The outermost primary cell layer of the root. \N The root epidermis is different from the shoot epidermis in its origin, function and structure. \N 31 A root epidermal cell with a simple extension that is concerned with absorption of soil solution. \N \N \N 32 Tip portion of an outgrowth of a root epidermal cell. \N \N \N 246 Meristem of the root located parallel to the sides of the axis. \N Generally causes root thickening. Not to be confused with lateral root meristem, which is the meristem of the lateral root. \N 263 Meristem found in a root. \N \N \N 267 Secondary protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in root. \N \N \N 270 Non-vascular tissue in the center of root. \N \N \N 266 A derivative of the apical meristem which undergoes differentiation to form the primary vascular tissue of a root. \N \N \N 268 The central column of primary vascular tissue in the root and any tissue that it surrounds. \N Includes the pericycle as the outermost layer of the stele \N 272 The portion of the root including the meristem and root cap. \N \N \N 271 Total of the vascular tissues in their specific arrangements in the root. \N This term was brought back from OBSOLETE node (original reason for OBSOLETE: synonym of term stele). Since stele encompasses both, vascular system and the pith, in roots with pith, vascular system and stele are not synonymous. \N 572 One of multiple leaves borne in a rosette - a group of leaves, generally borne at the base of the plant, that are separated by very short internodes. \N n Arabidopsis, vegetative development is characterized by the production of the rosette leaves. \N 655 A specialized tissue where excess salt absorbed in water from the soil is concentrated, being stores or excreted. \N A crust of salt forms on leaves which tastes bad and the white surfaces act to reflect light. Example, as is Mangrove vegetation \N 577 A reduced and more or less non-photosynthetic leaf, often associated with a vegetatively propagating organ such as a rhizome or perennating bud. \N Sometimes referring specifically to such leaves on a seedling. \N 151 OBSOLETE. Aerenchyma, originating by a combination of two processes, separation and degradation of cell walls. \N The term was made obsolete because schizo-lysigenous form is an attribute of regular aerenchyma. \N 650 A supporting tissue composed of fibers or sclereids. \N \N \N 74 Usually dead cell variable in form and size, with more or less thick, often lignified, secondary walls. \N \N \N 104 Third layer of sexine. \N \N \N 197 A more or less shield-shaped and absorptive portion of an embryo of grasses, probably a modified cotyledon. \N \N \N 198 The epidermal layer of the scutellum. \N \N \N 501 Any branch forming from the primary or first order inflorescence branch. \N \N \N 665 The phloem tissue formed by the activity of the vascular cambium. \N Part of the bark. \N 152 OBSOLETE. The vascular tissue derived from the vascular cambium because of the secondary growth. \N Redundant sec phloem and xylem \N 562 Second order veins in the leaf blade. \N \N \N 670 The xylem tissue formed by the activity of the vascular cambium. \N It is absent in small dicot annuals and most monocots; the "wood" of broad leaf angiosperm tress. \N 153 OBSOLETE. Cell that produces secreted substances. \N This is a functional term. \N 651 Tissues that form specialized structures producing a secretion. \N \N \N 169 A propagating organ formed in the reproductive cycle of gymnosperms and angiosperms, derived from the ovule and enclosing an embryo. \N The seed is representative of a next generation of sporophyte. \N 156 OBSOLETE. \N \N \N 157 OBSOLETE. \N \N \N 211 Remnant of the ovular chalaza which is a region in the ovule where the integuments and the nucellus merge with the funiculus. \N \N \N 212 Covering of seed derived from ovular - mainly integumentary - tissue. \N Used only when not specified more precisely; see testa, tegmen. \N 213 The epidermal layer of the seed coat. \N \N \N 220 Remnants of the funicle from ovary where it attaches the ovule to the placenta. \N \N \N 222 A pore on the seed coat which is a remnant of the ovular micropyle. \N \N \N 221 An outgrowth of the seed funicle, that forms a bridge between the seed micropyle and other tissues. It is also a remnant form of the obturator found in the ovular funicle. \N \N \N 223 A plug-like structure formed in the micropylar region of the seed coat. \N \N \N 224 The ridge along the body of the seed formed from the part of funiculus that was adnate to the ovule. \N \N \N 472 A member of the (usually green) outer whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower. \N \N \N 474 The abaxial/lower epidermal cell layer of the sepal. \N \N \N 475 The adaxial/upper epidermal cell layer of the sepal. \N \N \N 473 The outermost cell layer of the sepal. \N \N \N 644 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the sepal. \N \N \N 648 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the sepals. \N \N \N 616 Cells that develop an abnormal wall chemistry and swelling resulting in easily being pulled apart along the pectin-rich middle lamella; directly involved in the weakening process of abscission. \N \N \N 226 A thin partition or membrane that divides a cavity or a mass of tissue, e.g., in anther, ovary or fruit. \N \N \N 102 The outer, sculptured layer of the exine, which lies above the nexine. \N Although the term ectexine as originally defined (see APWeb) was more or less synonymous with sexine, it no longer is because ectexine is now invariably used in the redefined sense (see APWeb). Unlike ectexine, sexine does not include the foot layer. Sexine and nexine are distinguished on purely morphological criteria, whereas ectexine and endexine differ in their staining properties. The two sets of terms are therefore suited for slightly different applications. A system of sexine stratification in which sexine 1 is the innermost and sexine 5 is the outermost layer of the sexine. Comment: Usually the sexine consists of 3 layers (sexine 1 = columellae; sexine 2 = tectum; sexine 3 = sculpture elements). \N 274 All the parts developed that can trace their origin to the apical cell of the two celled embryo. \N \N \N 584 The topmost part of the shoot, situated at the distal extremity of the shoot axis, consists of apical meristem the youngest leaf primordia. \N \N \N 585 Meristem formed in the apex of the shoot, including meristems originating as axillary shoot meristems. \N \N \N 625 Outer layer of the shoot organs. \N Often interrupted by stomata and other structures. The shoot epidermis is different from the root epidermis in its origin, function and structure. \N 598 Meristem of the shoot located parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 594 Meristem found in a shoot. \N \N \N 593 A derivative of the apical mersitem which undergoes differentiation to form the primary vascular tissue of a shoot. \N \N \N 75 One of the series of cells that make up a sieve tube; it shows a more or less pronounced differentiation between sieve plates (wide pores) and lateral sieve areas (narrow pores). \N Also sieve tube element and the obsolete sieve tube segment. \N 297 The style of a maize floret. \N \N \N 33 Cells with deposits of silica in them. \N One of two types of short cells in the epidermis of grasses. \N 573 A leaf in which the lamina is undivided. \N \N \N 34 Cell that surrounds a trichome and provides its support. \N \N \N 115 An embryo arising from previously differentiated somatic cells in vitro, rather than from fused haploid gametes, i.e., zygote. \N \N \N 41 A haploid male reproductive cell (usually two in number); during double fertilization, one fuses with the female gamete (egg cell) to produce a zygote while another fusses with the two polar nuclei of the central cell to give rise to endosperm. \N \N \N 520 Ultimate and congested inflorescence branch of the grasses. \N It consists of one to many closely-packed flowers and associated glumes etc. \N 508 Apical meristem that gives rise to the two or more florets of a grass inflorescence. \N \N \N 510 The meristem that produces two spikelet meristems, each of which produces two floral meristems. \N Found in some grass inflorescences. \N 516 Inflorescence branch that terminates in a spikelet. \N This is not a pedicel in the strict sense, but is the ultimate naked part of the inflorescence axis. \N 503 The axis of the spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 70 Irregularly-shaped, chlorenchymatous cell, separated by large air spaces. \N Usually found in the abaxial/lower part of the leaf mesophyll as in a dorsiventral leaf, but between two palisade parenchyma layers in an isobilateral leaf. \N 566 Leaf mesophyll parenchyma characterized by little elongated cells, that are not closely packed and have conspicuous intercellular spaces. \N \N \N 76 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) spores. \N \N \N 579 A leaf-like organ on which one or more sporangia are borne. \N \N \N 161 A diploid plant, or phase of a life cycle, that bears spores formed by meiosis. \N \N \N 388 A microsporophyll bearing one or more microsporangia. \N \N \N 376 A microsporophyll, bearing four microsporangia in a grass floret. \N \N \N 364 A microsporophyll bearing four microsporangia in a maize floret. \N \N \N 401 Sterile stamen. \N \N \N 158 OBSOLETE. Cells characterized by conspicuous and rather stable accumulation of starch. \N Uninformative definition \N 159 OBSOLETE. Solid cell inclusion of starch containing plastids occurring in root cap cells. \N This is sub-cellular term \N 599 The axial system of plants that bears leaves and buds.\\n \N It is usually above ground and more or less negatively geotropic, is exogenous in origin, often indeterminate in growth and with secondary thickening. \N 604 Parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces. \N \N \N 605 The primary tissue located between the vascular system and the epidermis of the root. \N \N \N 606 The innermost layer of cortex in the stem of seed plants. \N \N \N 608 Epidermal layer of the stem. \N \N \N 607 A layer or layers of cells beneath the stem epidermis distinct in appearance from adjacent tissues. \N \N \N 597 Meristematic tissue in the primary body of stem separated from the apical meristem by more or less mature tissues. \N \N \N 609 Secondary protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in stem. \N \N \N 612 Non-vascular tissue in the center of stem. \N \N \N 344 A bract in the position of a lemma, but not enclosing floral organs \N An undeveloped androecium or gynoecium may or may not be detectable. \N 460 Part of a carpel or group of fused carpels on which the pollen germinates, usually apical. \N \N \N 420 The apical part of a carpel of a grass floret on which the pollen germinates. \N \N \N 298 The apical part of a carpel of a maize floret on which the pollen germinates. \N \N \N 461 The epidermal cell layer of the stigma. \N \N \N 421 The epidermal cell layer of the grass stigma. \N \N \N 543 Stipule-like appendage(s) at the base of a leaflet (in unifoliolate or simple leaves, found at the top of the petiole). \N \N \N 574 One of (usually) a pair of appendages at the bases of leaves in many broad-leaved angiosperms. \N The term not used for monocot leaves. \N 554 An opening in the epidermis of leaves and stems bordered by two guard cells and serving in gas exchange. \N \N \N 396 A fissure or pore in the anther lobe through which the pollen is released. \N \N \N 384 A fissure in the anther lobe through which the pollen is released in grasses. \N \N \N 372 A fissure in the anther lobe through which the pollen is released in maize. \N \N \N 174 An outgrowth occurring on the raphe. \N \N \N 463 An elongated part of a carpel or group of fused carpels between the ovary and the stigma, and through which the pollen tube grows. \N \N \N 422 An elongated part of a carpel between the ovary and the stigma of a grass floret, through which the pollen tube grows. \N \N \N 464 The epidermal cell layer of the style. \N \N \N 423 The epidermal cell layer of the style of a grass carpel. \N \N \N 35 An epidermal cell associated with a stoma and at least morphologically distinguishable from the other epidermal cells. \N \N \N 199 A nearly always single file of cells at the base of the embryo derived from the basal cell. \N It anchors the embryo in the embryo sac and pushes it into the endosperm. \N 84 Cell, usually two in number, in the micropylar end of the embryo sac of angiosperms associated with the egg in the egg apparatus. \N \N \N 252 The main, descending root of a plant that has a single, dominant root axis derived from the radicle of the seedling. \N see radicle, primary root. \N 397 Innermost part of the anther wall, involved in the nutrition of the pollen. \N \N \N 385 Innermost part of the anther wall, involved in the nutrition of the pollen in grasses. \N \N \N 373 Innermost part of the anther wall, involved in the nutrition of the pollen in maize. \N \N \N 524 The functionally-staminate flowering structure that terminates the stem of a Zea mays plant. \N Branched inflorescence with a central axis and about 10-50 lateral branches. \N 502 Any branch forming from the primary or higher order tassel axes. \N \N \N 433 Flowers of the spikelets of maize tassel. \N \N \N 354 Apical meristem that gives rise to the organs of a maize tassel floret. \N \N \N 513 Apical meristem that gives rise to the tassel inflorescence. \N \N \N 522 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize tassel with a pedicel, developing from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 519 The axis of a maize tassel below the lowest tassel node. \N \N \N 523 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize tassel without a pedicel, developing from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 521 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize tassel. \N \N \N 509 Apical meristem that gives rise to the upper and lower florets of the maize tassel spikelets. \N \N \N 512 The meristem that produces two spikelet meristems, each of which produces two floral meristems in a maize tassel. \N \N \N 504 The axis of the tassel spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 105 The layer of sexine, which forms a roof over the columellae, granules or other infratectal elements. \N \N \N 218 That part of the seed coat that develops from the inner integument. \N \N \N 482 A perianth segment in a flower in which there are two whorls of such segments, but all are similar in appearance. \N \N \N 219 That part of the seed coat that develops from the outer integument, or from the single integument when there is only one. \N \N \N 83 A group of four haploid cells that remained joined together shortly after meiosis. Each cell will give rise to the male gametophyte. \N \N \N 398 A part of the anther consisting of paired sporangia that dehisce down a common slit. \N \N \N 386 A part of the anther of a grass stamen consisting of paired sporangia that dehisce down a common slit. \N \N \N 374 A part of the anther of a maize stamen consisting of paired sporangia that dehisce down a common slit. \N \N \N 506 Any branch forming from the second order inflorescence branch. \N \N \N 613 Group of cells organized into a structural and functional unit; the component cells may be alike (simple tissue) or varied (complex tissue). \N \N \N 12 General term for any water conducting cell, tracheid or vessel member. \N \N \N 13 In the xylem, a dead elongated water-conducting cell in which at least the middle lamella of the end walls remains intact. \N \N \N 225 A distinct ring-like structure, composed of tracheid cells, which surrounds the hilum of some taxa e.g., Phaseolus, and forms a groove in the surface of the pericarp (immediately adjacent to the hilum). \N \N \N 86 A cell with wall ingrowths (or invaginations) that increase the surface of the plasmalemma. \N Appears to be specialized for short-distance transfer of solutes. \N 656 Tissue consisting of tracheids and parenchyma cells, associated with the vascular bundle. \N Found generally in gymnosperm leaves. \N 273 A region of the root between the meristem and the region of rapid elongation in which isodiametric growth (cell expansion) occurs. \N \N \N 465 Tissue in the style of a carpel through which the pollen tube grows; it connects the stigma and the inside of ovary. \N \N \N 424 Tissue in the style of a grass carpel, through which the pollen tube grows; it connects the stigma and the inside of ovary. \N \N \N 36 The smaller cell produced by the asymmetric division of a root epidermal cell that gives rise to a root hair. \N \N \N 37 An outgrowth from the epidermis varying in size and complexity and including hairs, scales, and other structures; may be glandular. \N In Arabidopsis, patterning of trichome development is not random but does not appear to be lineage-based like stomata. \N 160 OBSOLETE. The outermost layer or layers in the shoot apical meristem of the Angiosperms in which the plane of division is almost anticlinal. This layer contributes to surface growth. \N The term has been made obsolete because this concept is used in a very loose sense. \N 316 The uppermost of the two florets of the pedicellate spikelet rachilla of a maize ear. The upper floret on the ear usually develops into a functional one. \N \N \N 436 One of the two florets placed above the lower floret on the pedicellate spikelet rachilla of a maize tassel \N \N \N 317 One of the two florets placed above the lower floret on the sessile spikelet rachilla of a maize ear. This floret usually develops into a functional one. \N \N \N 437 One of the two florets placed above the lower floret on the sessile spikelet rachilla of a maize tassel. \N \N \N 498 The apical/distal of the two glumes. \N \N \N 332 TThe apical/distal of the two glumes in the ear spikelet. \N \N \N 323 The apical/distal of the two glumes in the pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 495 The apical/distal of the two glumes in a tassel pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 327 The apical/distal of the two glumes in the sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 496 The apical/distal of the two glumes in a tassel sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 494 The apical/distal of the two glumes in the tassel spikelet. \N \N \N 227 Portion of an organ that is fragmented; in capsule, theportions into which the pericarp splits at maturity. \N \N \N 632 A lateral meristem, the cells of which give rise to secondary xylem and phloem, leading to an increase in stem girth. \N \N \N 657 Total of the vascular tissues in their specific arrangement in a plant or plant organ. \N \N \N 658 Conducting tissues made up of xylem and phloem. \N In the stem it is often found as a stele, surrounded by the cortex and surrounding the pith. \N 87 The larger cell of the male gametophyte of angiosperms that does not divide further. \N \N \N 262 A multiseriate epidermis found in aerial roots of some monocots. Most of its cells are dead and store water like a sponge. \N \N \N 14 One of the cellular components of a vessel, a dead cell with the wall between adjacent members being variously perforated and the walls that persist variously thickened. \N \N \N 671 The entire plant, including roots, shoots and leaves, at any stage of its life cycle. \N This term is so general that it should be avoided whenever possible. \N 666 vascular tissue whose principal function is the upward translocation of water and solutes. \N See also primary xylem and secondary xylem. \N 11 A cell making up xylem tissue. \N \N \N 15 A fiber in xylem. \N Two types are recognized in the secondary xylem: fiber tracheids and libriform fibers. \N 88 Diploid cell produced by the fusion of sperm cell nucleus and egg cell. \N \N \N