1 This term is the most general term possible \N \N \N 2 inheritance relationship \N \N \N 5 The body of the developing embryo attached to the maternal tissue in the ovule by filamentous suspensor. \N \N \N 6 A multicellular layer with outer epidermis and an inner endothecium. \N \N \N 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 In vitro isolated cells from which the entire cell wall has been enzymatically removed. \N \N \N 11 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 12 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 13 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 14 In vitro isolated and maintained mature or immature zygotic embryos, somatic embryos or haploid embryos (derived from male gametophyte). \N \N \N 15 An embryo arising from previously differentiated somatic cells in vitro, rather than from fused haploid gametes, i.e., zygote. \N \N \N 16 Hook-like structure which develops at the apical part of the hypocotyl in dark-grown seedlings in dicots. \N \N \N 17 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 18 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 19 An organized group of cells that will differentiate into a cotyledon. \N \N \N 20 An organized group of cells derived from the root pericycle that will differentiate into a new root. \N \N \N 21 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 22 An organized group of cells that will differentiate into ovule. \N \N \N 23 The very first appearance of gynoecium. \N \N \N 24 OBSOLETE. Cells characterized by conspicuous and rather stable accumulation of starch. \N Uninformative definition \N 26 The very first appearance of a petal. \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 28 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 29 A complex of cell wall invaginations in a synergid cell similar to those in transfer cells. \N \N \N 30 The portion of the root including the meristem and root cap. \N \N \N 31 The portion of the primary root including the meristem and root cap. \N \N \N 32 The portion of the lateral root including the meristem and root cap. \N \N \N 33 Tip portion of the pollen tube that is rapidly growing. \N \N \N 34 Tip portion of an outgrowth of a root epidermal cell. \N \N \N 35 A thin partition or membrane that divides a cavity or a mass of tissue, e.g., in anther, ovary or fruit. \N \N \N 36 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 37 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 38 Portion of an organ that is fragmented; in capsule, theportions into which the pericarp splits at maturity. \N \N \N 39 Total of the vascular tissues in their specific arrangement in a plant or plant organ. \N \N \N 40 Vascular system of the leaf. \N \N \N 41 Vascular system of the leaf. \N \N \N 42 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 43 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 44 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 45 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 46 A relatively unspecialized cell with a nucleate protoplast. \N \N \N 47 Elongated living cells with unevenly thickened nonlignified primary walls. \N \N \N 48 Parenchyma cell containing chloroplasts; a component of leaf mesophyll and other green parenchyma tissue. \N \N \N 49 Usually dead cell variable in form and size, with more or less thick, often lignified, secondary walls. \N \N \N 50 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 51 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 53 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 54 A cell in the vascular cambium that gives rise to ray cells of the secondary xylem and secondary phloem. \N \N \N 55 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 56 Epidermal layer of the stem. \N \N \N 57 Cell that surrounds a trichome and provides its support. \N \N \N 58 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 59 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 60 Endosperm in which at least the first karyokinesis is not followed by cytokinesis. \N \N \N 61 Endosperm in which the first karyokinesis event is accompanied by cytokinesis. \N \N \N 62 The region of the endosperm closest to the micropyle of the seed. \N \N \N 63 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 64 The epidermal layer of the nectary. \N \N \N 65 The primary tissue located between the vascular system and the epidermis of the root. \N \N \N 66 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 67 Organogenic region of the meristem, characterized by higher rates of cell division. \N \N \N 68 The region of the meristem that lies below the central zone and is flanked by the peripheral zone \N \N \N 69 Meristem that gives rise to the floral organs. \N \N \N 70 Meristem that gives rise to the inflorescence. \N \N \N 71 Meristems formed in the axil of the leaf. \N \N \N 72 The megaspore(s) that forms the embryo sac. \N \N \N 73 In monosporic and bisporic megasporogenesis: the megaspore(s) that would not participate in megagametogenesis. \N \N \N 74 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 75 A root epidermal cell with a simple extension that is concerned with absorption of soil solution. \N \N \N 76 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 77 The smaller cell produced by the asymmetric division of a root epidermal cell that gives rise to a root hair. \N \N \N 78 A cell formed after asymmetric division of root epidermal cell that does not give rise to a root hair. \N \N \N 79 The first formed elements of the primary xylem. \N \N \N 80 A cell making up xylem tissue. \N \N \N 81 A fiber in xylem. \N Two types are recognized in the secondary xylem\\: fiber tracheids and libriform fibers. \N 82 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 83 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 84 An epidermal cell associated with a stoma and at least morphologically distinguishable from the other epidermal cells. \N \N \N 85 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 86 General term for any water conducting cell, tracheid or vessel member. \N \N \N 87 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 88 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 89 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 90 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the nectary. \N \N \N 91 Epidermal cell with characteristic sinuous anticlinal cell walls that overall give a jigsaw like appearance to the leaf epidermis. \N \N \N 92 A relatively unspecialized cell that will give rise to specialized cell types of the epidermis. \N \N \N 93 Epidermal cell that divides to produce the guard cells. \N \N \N 94 Cell containing glucosinolates ("mustard oil glucosides") and myrosinases, enzymes hydrolyzing the glucosinolates. \N \N \N 95 Cell in exodermis or endodermis that remains thin walled when the associated cells develop thick secondary walls. \N \N \N 96 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 97 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 98 OBSOLETE. Cell containing mucilages or gums or similar carbohydrate material characterized by the property of swelling in water. \N Functional term \N 99 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 100 Diploid cell produced by the fusion of sperm cell nucleus and egg cell. \N \N \N 101 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) megaspores. \N \N \N 102 An opening in the epidermis of leaves and stems bordered by two guard cells and serving in gas exchange. \N \N \N 103 A soft protuberance on an epidermal cell of the stigma. \N \N \N 104 The lowermost cell formed after the first division of the zygote. \N \N \N 105 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 106 A region of the root between the meristem and the region of rapid elongation in which isodiametric growth (cell expansion) occurs. \N \N \N 107 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 108 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 109 An adventitious root that forms at a node. \N \N \N 110 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 111 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 112 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 113 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 114 A group of cells that covers the apical meristem of the primary root. \N \N \N 115 A group of cells that covers the apical meristem of the lateral root. \N \N \N 116 The central part of a root cap of a lateral root in which the cells are arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 117 In the lateral root, the part of the root cap that is parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 118 The central part of a root cap of the primary root in which the cells are arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 119 In the primary root, the part of the root cap that is parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 120 Enlargement or swelling on the roots of plants, particularly in the Fabaceae, inhabited by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. \N \N \N 121 A slender, prostrate or trailing above-ground stemnwhich produces roots and sometimes erect shoots at its nodes. \N \N \N 122 The uppermost cell formed after the first division of the zygote. \N \N \N 123 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 124 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 125 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 126 OBSOLETE. A compact layer of cells, often secretory in function, covering a free surface or lining a cavity. \N Functional term \N 127 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 128 A Cell that constitutes leaf mesophyll. \N \N \N 129 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 130 OBSOLETE. A chloroplast-containing cell engaged in photosynthesis. \N Functional characterization is not part of the criteria. \N 131 Cells with deposits of silica in them. \N One of two types of short cells in the epidermis of grasses. \N 132 A cell synthesizing protoplasm and producing new cells by division and with only a primary cell wall. \N \N \N 133 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 134 OBSOLETE. Cell that produces secreted substances. \N This is a functional term. \N 135 Cell that constitutes dermal tissue. \N \N \N 136 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 137 Non-vascular tissue in the center of root. \N \N \N 138 Non-vascular tissue in the center of stem. \N \N \N 139 The phloem tissue formed by the activity of the vascular cambium. \N Part of the bark. \N 140 Secondary protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in stems and root, rarely in other organs. \N \N \N 141 Secondary protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in root. \N \N \N 142 Secondary protective tissue that replaces the epidermis in stem. \N \N \N 143 A tissue often resembling cortical parenchyma produced centripetally by the cork cambium. \N \N \N 144 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 145 A tissue formed as a result of wounding, or a tissue developing in a tissue culture. \N \N \N 146 A secretory structure that produces latex. \N \N \N 147 A layer or layers of cells beneath the stem epidermis distinct in appearance from adjacent tissues. \N \N \N 148 The innermost layer of cortex in the stem of seed plants. \N \N \N 149 The innermost layer of the cortex in roots of seed plants. \N \N \N 150 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 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 152 vascular tissue whose principal function is the upward translocation of water and solutes. \N See also primary xylem and secondary xylem. \N 153 The outermost endosperm tissue of the seeds, its cells being characterized by presence of protein bodies containing seed storage proteins. \N \N \N 154 Relatively unspecialized ground tissue present in the seed endosperm, often devoid of intercellular spaces. \N \N \N 155 Vascular tissue whose principal function is conducting organic subtances. \N \N \N 156 Relatively unspecialized tissue composed of polyhedral cells typically with thin, non-lignified cellulose cell walls and nucleate living protoplasts. \N \N \N 157 Living tissue composed of more or less elongated cells with thick nonlignified primary cell walls. \N \N \N 158 Chloroplast-containing parenchyma tissue. \N \N \N 159 A supporting tissue composed of fibers or sclereids. \N \N \N 160 A lateral meristem, the cells of which divide mostly periclinally. \N \N \N 161 A lateral meristem, the cells of which give rise to secondary xylem and phloem, leading to an increase in stem girth. \N \N \N 162 Lateral meristem which produces the phellem (cork) and the phelloderm. \N \N \N 163 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 164 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 165 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 166 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the foliage leaf. \N \N \N 167 Leaf mesophyll parenchyma characterized by little elongated cells, that are not closely packed and have conspicuous intercellular spaces. \N \N \N 168 parenchyma containing closely packed elongated chlorenchymatous cells oriented perpendicular to the leaf surface and which are active in photosynthesis. \N \N \N 169 Tissues that form specialized structures producing a secretion. \N \N \N 170 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 171 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 172 A duct of schizogenous origin lined with resin-secreting cells and containing resin \N \N \N 173 A gland or a cavity lined with cells that secrete oils. \N Oil glands are schizogenous. \N 174 An outermost cell layer of primary tissues of the plant, sometimes comprised of more than one layer. \N \N \N 175 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 176 OBSOLETE. Aerenchyma originating by rupture of cells. \N The term was made obsolete because rhexigenous form is an attribute of regular aerenchyma. \N 177 OBSOLETE. Aerenchyma originating by dissolution of cells. \N The term was made obsolete because lysigenous form is an attribute of regular aerenchyma. \N 178 Tissue between the vascular system and the epidermis in stem and root. \N \N \N 179 OBSOLETE. Meristematic tissue consisting of apical initials, together with cells derived from them and which are still close to the initial. \N \N \N 180 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 181 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 182 The xylem of the primary plant body. \N In stem or root it is differentiated behind the apical meristem. \N 183 A collective term for all the different types of leaves appearing on plants. \N \N \N 184 The proximal/basal of the two glumes. \N \N \N 185 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 186 The apical/distal of the two glumes. \N \N \N 187 Unbranched second order vein of the grass leaf blade. \N \N \N 188 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 189 Epidermal layer of a foliage leaf. \N \N \N 190 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 191 The epidermal layer of adaxial/upper surface of the leaf. \N \N \N 192 The epidermal layer of the abaxial/lower surface of the leaf. \N \N \N 193 Meristem found in the apex of the lateral root. \N This is different from root lateral meristem. \N 194 Apical meristem of the adventitious root. \N \N \N 195 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 196 A layer or layers of cells surrounding the vascular bundles of leaves. It may consist of parenchyma or sclerenchyma. \N \N \N 197 A single layered, parenchymatous bundle sheath characterized by presence of large quantity of starch. \N Homologous to the endodermis. \N 198 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 199 A long bristle-like appendage found on the tip or back of various parts of the grass spikelet. \N \N \N 200 A short, abrupt, flexible point present at the apex of the palea \N \N \N 201 The margin or edges of the leaflet. \N \N \N 202 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 203 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 204 The outer most cell layer of the adventitious root. \N \N \N 205 The outermost cell layer of the sepal. \N \N \N 206 The epidermal layer of the petal. \N \N \N 207 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 208 The epidermis of an integument in an ovule. \N \N \N 209 The epidermis of the inner integument in an ovule. \N \N \N 210 The epidermis of the outer integument in an ovule. \N \N \N 211 The epidermal layer of the seed coat. \N \N \N 212 The epidermal layer of the scutellum. \N \N \N 213 That part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the outer integument. \N \N \N 214 That part of the seed coat that develops from the inner epidermis of the outer integument. \N \N \N 215 The abaxial/lower epidermal cell layer of the petal. \N \N \N 216 The adaxial/upper epidermal cell layer of the petal. \N \N \N 217 The abaxial/lower epidermal cell layer of the sepal. \N \N \N 218 The adaxial/upper epidermal cell layer of the sepal. \N \N \N 219 The epidermal cell layer of the cotyledon. \N \N \N 220 The abaxial/lower epidermal cell layer of the cotyledon. \N \N \N 221 The adaxial/upper epidermal cell layer of the cotyledon. \N \N \N 222 The epidermal cell layer of the stamen filament. \N \N \N 223 The epidermal cell layer of the stigma. \N \N \N 224 The epidermal cell layer of the style. \N \N \N 225 The epidermal cell layer of the ovary. \N \N \N 226 It is the innermost layer of the cortex of hypocotyl. \N \N \N 227 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the leaf petiole. \N \N \N 228 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 229 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the sepals. \N \N \N 230 Relatively unspecialized tissue present in the petals. \N \N \N 231 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the leaf or leaf like organs. \N \N \N 232 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the petal. \N \N \N 233 The chloroplast-containing, photosynthetic parenchymatous tissue situated between the two epidermal layers of the sepal. \N \N \N 234 Meristematic tissue separated from the apical meristem in the primary body by more or less mature tissues. \N \N \N 235 A primary cambium which undergoes differentiation to form the primary vascular tissue. \N \N \N 236 The phloem of the primary plant body. \N In stem or root it is differentiated behind the apical meristem. \N 237 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 238 The first-formed elements of the primary phloem. \N \N \N 239 OBSOLETE. The vascular tissue of the primary plant body at the embryonic stage. \N Redundant to sec ... \N 240 Meristem found in a shoot. \N \N \N 241 OBSOLETE. The vascular tissue derived from the vascular cambium because of the secondary growth. \N Redundant sec phloem and xylem \N 242 Meristem found in the apex of the primary root. \N \N \N 243 The outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem which gives rise to the abaxial/lower leaf epidermis. \N \N \N 244 The outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem which gives rise to the adaxial/upper leaf epidermis. \N \N \N 245 Tissue consisting of tracheids and parenchyma cells, associated with the vascular bundle. \N Found generally in gymnosperm leaves. \N 246 Meristem found in a root. \N \N \N 247 OBSOLETE. The accessory tissue extending laterally into the mesophyll rather than remaining associated with the vascular bundles. \N Not in current literature. \N 248 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 249 Non-vascular tissue in the center of stem or root \N \N \N 250 Vascular cambium originating from procambium within vascular bundles or fascicles. \N \N \N 251 Vascular cambium arising between vascular bundles or fascicles, in the interfascicular parenchyma or pith. \N \N \N 252 Region located between vascular bundles in the stem. \N Check for the relationship. Inapplicable for nearly all monocots. \N 253 Part of the tissue of the stele located between the phloem and endodermis. \N \N \N 254 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) spores. \N \N \N 255 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 256 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 257 A short cell in the dimorphic type of exodermis with cell wall that remains non-thickened. \N \N \N 258 Cell in the endodermal layer of the root with cell wall that remains non-thickened. \N \N \N 259 OBSOLETE. The outer most cell layer of the lateral roots. \N \N \N 260 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 261 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 262 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 263 Parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces in the tissue of roots. \N \N \N 264 Parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces. \N \N \N 265 Spongy parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces in the leaf mesophyll. \N \N \N 266 Primary phloem tissue positioned internal to the primary xylem \N \N \N 267 That part of the seed coat that develops from the outer surface of the inner integument. \N \N \N 268 That part of the seed coat that develops from the inner epidermis of the inner integument. \N \N \N 269 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 270 A cell that is part of a compound laticifer in which the cell walls between contiguous cells partly or completely disappear. \N \N \N 271 Latex-containing cell that elongates indefinitely and grows intrusively between the walls of meristematic cells. \N \N \N 272 The instances of this parent term are those anatomical terms which have become obsolete. \N \N \N 273 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 274 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 275 OBSOLETE. The outer layer of the tunica. \N A similar term L1 meristem (PO\\:0009020) occurs. \N 276 OBSOLETE. The second layer of the tunica. \N A similar term L2 meristem (PO\\:0009021) occurs. \N 277 OBSOLETE. The innermost layer of the tunica. \N A similar term L3 meristem (PO\\:0009022) occurs. \N 278 A derivative of the apical mersitem which undergoes differentiation to form the primary vascular tissue of a shoot. \N \N \N 279 A derivative of the apical meristem which undergoes differentiation to form the primary vascular tissue of a root. \N \N \N 280 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 281 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize tassel. \N \N \N 282 Flowers of the spikelets of maize tassel. \N \N \N 283 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize tassel without a pedicel, developing from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 284 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize tassel with a pedicel, developing from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 285 The lower of the two florets of the pedicellate spikelet of a maize tassel. \N \N \N 286 One of the two florets placed above the lower floret on the pedicellate spikelet rachilla of a maize tassel \N \N \N 287 The lower of the two florets of the sessile spikelet of a maize tassel. \N \N \N 288 One of the two florets placed above the lower floret on the sessile spikelet rachilla of a maize tassel. \N \N \N 289 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 290 Small flowers of the spikelets of Poaceae. \N \N \N 291 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 292 Ultimate inflorescence branch of the maize ear. \N \N \N 293 Any branch forming from the primary or first order inflorescence branch. \N \N \N 294 Any branch forming from the second order inflorescence branch. \N \N \N 295 Any branch forming from the primary or higher order tassel axes. \N \N \N 296 The inflorescence axis of the tassel. \N \N \N 297 The region of the inflorescence axis where the spikelet, flower, floret or the branch is attached. \N \N \N 298 The region of rachis present between the two nodes. \N \N \N 299 Apical meristem that gives rise to the two or more florets of a grass inflorescence. \N \N \N 300 The meristem that produces two spikelet meristems, each of which produces two floral meristems. \N Found in some grass inflorescences. \N 301 Meristem that gives rise to the organs of a floret of a grass plant. \N \N \N 302 The stalk at the base of the ovary. \N Typically receptacular in origin. \N 303 The ridge along the body of the seed formed from the part of funiculus that was adnate to the ovule. \N \N \N 304 Remnants of the funicle from ovary where it attaches the ovule to the placenta. \N \N \N 305 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 306 A pore on the seed coat which is a remnant of the ovular micropyle. \N \N \N 307 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 308 The leaf subtending an ear of corn and acting as outer envelope of the ear. \N \N \N 309 The first few leaves developing from the embryonic shoot apical meristem. \N \N \N 310 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 311 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 312 The shoot developing from the embryonic shoot apical meristem. \N \N \N 313 The grouping or arrangement in which fruits are borne on a plant. \N \N \N 314 The shoot developing from the axillary bud meristem. \N \N \N 315 Meristem of the shoot located parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 316 A tubular cell extension formed by the germinating pollen grain; carries the male gametes into the ovule. \N \N \N 317 The meristematic tissue in the primary body of the leaf separated from the apical meristem by non-meristematic tissues. \N \N \N 318 Meristematic tissue in the primary body of stem separated from the apical meristem by more or less mature tissues. \N \N \N 319 Ultimate pedicellate inflorescence branch of the maize ear that develops from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 320 Ultimate sessile inflorescence branch of the maize ear that develops from the spikelet pair meristem. \N \N \N 321 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 322 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 323 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 324 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 325 Small flowers of the spikelets of maize ear. \N \N \N 326 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 327 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel floret. \N \N \N 328 Collectively the carpels of a maize floret. \N \N \N 329 The meristem that produces two spikelet meristems, each of which produces two floral meristems in a maize tassel. \N \N \N 330 In a maize tassel floret, the upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower. \N \N \N 331 Apical meristem that produces two spikelet meristems, each of which produces two floral meristems in a maize ear. \N \N \N 332 In a maize ear floret, the upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower. \N \N \N 333 Meristem at the apex of the embryonic axis. \N \N \N 334 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear floret. \N \N \N 335 Collectively the carpels of a maize ear floret. \N \N \N 336 Collectively the stamens of one floret of a tassel inflorescence of maize. \N \N \N 337 A bract in the ear inflorescence of a maize plant, subtending two florets. \N \N \N 338 A bract in the tassel inflorescence of a maize plant, subtending two florets. \N \N \N 339 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the ear spikelet. \N \N \N 340 The apical/distal of the two glumes in the tassel spikelet. \N \N \N 341 TThe apical/distal of the two glumes in the ear spikelet. \N \N \N 342 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the tassel spikelet. \N \N \N 343 Apical shoot meristem that gives rise to the organs of a maize ear floret. \N \N \N 344 Apical meristem that gives rise to the organs of a maize tassel floret. \N \N \N 345 Apical shoot meristem that gives rise to the maize ear. \N \N \N 346 Apical meristem that gives rise to the tassel inflorescence. \N \N \N 347 Apical meristem that gives rise to the upper and lower florets of the maize tassel spikelets. \N \N \N 348 Apical meristem that gives rise to the upper and lower florets of the maize ear spikelets. \N \N \N 349 The axis of the tassel spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 350 The axis of the ear spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 351 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 352 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 353 Collectively the stamens of one grass floret. \N \N \N 354 Collectively the carpels of a grass floret. \N \N \N 355 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the tassel pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 356 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the tassel sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 357 The apical/distal of the two glumes in a tassel sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 358 The apical/distal of the two glumes in a tassel pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 359 The axis of the tassel sessile spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 360 The axis of the tassel pedicellate spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 361 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of sessile spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 362 Collectively the stamens of upper floret of a sessile spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N \N \N 363 Collectively the stamens of lower floret of a sessile spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N \N \N 364 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of sessile spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 365 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 366 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 367 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 368 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 369 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 370 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of maize tassel. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 371 Collectively the stamens of upper floret of a pedicellate spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N This consitutes a functional androecium. \N 372 Collectively the stamens of lower floret of a pedicellate spikelet of tassel inflorescence of maize. \N This consitutes a functional androecium. \N 373 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 374 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 375 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 376 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize tassel pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 377 This is the ultimate branch of the pedicellate ear spikelet. \N \N \N 378 This is the ultimate branch of the pedicellate tassel spikelet. \N \N \N 379 The axis of a maize tassel below the lowest tassel node. \N \N \N 380 The stalk of a maize ear below the lowest ear node. \N \N \N 381 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 382 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 383 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 384 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 385 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of sessile spikelet of maize ear. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 386 Collectively the carpels of a lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of a maize ear. \N A non-functional or rudimentary gynoecium. \N 387 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of sessile spikelet of maize ear. \N A functional gynoecium. \N 388 Collectively the carpels of a upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of maize ear. \N A functional gynoecium. \N 389 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 390 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 391 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 392 The upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 393 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 394 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear pedicellate spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 395 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet lower floret. \N \N \N 396 The lower of the two bracts enclosing a flower in a maize ear sessile spikelet upper floret. \N \N \N 397 The axis of the ear pedicellate spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 398 The axis of the ear sessile spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 399 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the ear pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 400 The proximal/basal of the two glumes in the ear sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 401 The apical/distal of the two glumes in the pedicellate spikelet. \N \N \N 402 The apical/distal of the two glumes in the sessile spikelet. \N \N \N 403 A microsporophyll, bearing four microsporangia in a grass floret. \N \N \N 404 The pollen-bearing part of a stamen of a grass floret. \N \N \N 405 The part of the stamen of a grass floret, that connects the microsporangia/pollen sacs. \N \N \N 406 Sporangium in the anther of a grass stamen producing microspores, usually many in number. \N \N \N 407 A multicellular layer with outer epidermis and an inner endothecium of an anther of a grass stamen. \N \N \N 408 The hypodermis of an anther sac of a grass stamen with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence. \N \N \N 409 The epidermis of an anther sac of a grass stamen. \N \N \N 410 An inpushing of the anther wall of a grass stamen. \N \N \N 411 A fissure in the anther lobe through which the pollen is released in grasses. \N \N \N 412 Innermost part of the anther wall, involved in the nutrition of the pollen in grasses. \N \N \N 413 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) microspores in a grass plant. \N \N \N 414 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 415 A part of the anther of a grass stamen consisting of paired sporangia that dehisce down a common slit. \N \N \N 416 The stalk of the stamen of a grass floret. \N \N \N 417 A megasporophyll at the center of a grass floret enclosing the ovule. \N \N \N 418 The basal portion of a carpel that encloses the ovule(s) in a grass floret. \N \N \N 419 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 420 Region in the grass ovule where the integuments and the nucellus merge with the funiculus. \N \N \N 421 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 422 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 423 A small canal through the inner integument(s) at the apex of a grass ovule. \N \N \N 424 Subepidermal tissue in the ovule of a grass plant surrounding the megasporocyte. \N \N \N 425 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) megaspores in a grass plant. \N \N \N 426 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 427 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 428 The stalk which attaches the ovule to the placenta in a grass carpel. \N \N \N 429 The region within an ovary to which ovules are attached in a grass carpel. \N \N \N 430 The apical part of a carpel of a grass floret on which the pollen germinates. \N \N \N 431 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 432 A megasporophyll at the center of a maize floret enclosing the ovule. \N \N \N 433 Collectively the stamens of one floret of a maize plant. \N \N \N 434 A microsporophyll bearing four microsporangia in a maize floret. \N \N \N 435 The pollen-bearing part of a stamen of a maize floret. \N \N \N 436 The stalk of the stamen of a maize floret. \N \N \N 437 The part of the stamen of a maize floret, that connects the microsporangia or pollen sacs \N \N \N 438 Sporangium in the anther of a maize stamen producing microspores, usually many in number . \N \N \N 439 A multicellular layer with outer epidermis and an inner endothecium of an anther of a maize stamen. \N \N \N 440 A part of the anther of a maize stamen consisting of paired sporangia that dehisce down a common slit. \N \N \N 441 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) microspores in a maize plant. \N \N \N 442 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 443 The hypodermis of an anther sac of a maize stamen with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence. \N \N \N 444 The epidermis of an anther sac of a maize stamen. \N \N \N 445 An inpushing of the anther wall of a maize stamen. \N \N \N 446 Innermost part of the anther wall, involved in the nutrition of the pollen in maize. \N \N \N 447 A fissure in the anther lobe through which the pollen is released in maize. \N \N \N 448 The basal portion of a carpel that encloses the ovule(s) in a maize floret. \N \N \N 449 The apical part of a carpel of a maize floret on which the pollen germinates. \N \N \N 450 The style of a maize floret. \N \N \N 451 The stalk which attaches the ovule to the placenta in a maize carpel. \N \N \N 452 The region within an ovary to which ovules are attached in a maize carpel. \N \N \N 453 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 454 Subepidermal tissue in the ovule of a maize plant surrounding the megasporocyte. \N \N \N 455 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) megaspores in a maize plant. \N \N \N 456 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 457 The megaspores in a grass plant that would not participate in megagametogenesis. \N \N \N 458 The megaspore that forms the embryo sac in grasses. \N \N \N 459 The epidermal cell layer of the grass stigma. \N \N \N 460 The epidermal cell layer of the style of a grass carpel. \N \N \N 461 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 462 The epidermal cell layer of the ovary of a grass carpel. \N \N \N 463 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 464 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 465 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 466 Trichome on/from the epidermis of a leaf. \N \N \N 467 The inflorescence axis of the ear. \N \N \N 468 Region in the maize ovule where the integuments and the nucellus merge with the funiculus. \N \N \N 469 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 470 The epidermis of an integument in a grass ovule. \N \N \N 471 The seed-bearing structure in angiosperms, formed from the ovary after flowering. \N \N \N 472 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 473 A diploid plant, or phase of a life cycle, that bears spores formed by meiosis. \N \N \N 474 A haploid plant, or phase of a plant's life cycle, that bears gametes after mitotic events. \N \N \N 475 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 476 All the parts developed that can trace their origin to the apical cell of the two celled embryo. \N \N \N 477 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 478 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 479 A young sporophyte contained within a seed. \N \N \N 480 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 481 Any morphological or anatomical feature of a plant. \N \N \N 482 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 483 Tissue derived from the protoderm that covers the surface of the plant body. \N \N \N 484 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 485 OBSOLETE. Tissues other than the vascular tissues, epidermis and the periderm. \N Uninformative definition. Check it again. \N 486 The outermost layer of the shoot apical meristem which gives rise to the shoot epidermis. \N \N \N 487 The cell layer beneath the L1 layer in the shoot meristem which gives rise to subepidermal tissue. \N \N \N 488 The multicellular layer beneath the L2 layer in the shoot meristem which gives rise to internal tissues of leaf and stem. \N \N \N 489 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 490 A leaf-like organ on which one or more sporangia are borne. \N \N \N 491 A structure upon which (or in the axil of which) one or more megasporangia are borne; in flowering plants, a carpel. \N \N \N 492 A structure on which one or more microsporangia are borne; in flowering plants, the stamen. \N \N \N 493 A microsporophyll bearing one or more microsporangia. \N \N \N 494 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 495 A member of the (usually green) outer whorl of non-fertile parts surrounding the fertile organs of a flower. \N \N \N 496 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 497 A perianth segment in a flower in which there are two whorls of such segments, but all are similar in appearance. \N \N \N 498 Leaf like structure subtending a flower. \N \N \N 499 A multicellular glandular structure secreting a liquid containing organic substances especially sugars. \N \N \N 500 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 501 In a grass floret, the lower of two bracts enclosing a flower. \N \N \N 502 In a grass floret, the upper of the two bracts enclosing a flower. \N Possibly a prophyll/bracteole. \N 503 A "bract" in the inflorescence of a grass, sedge or similar plant. \N \N \N 504 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 505 A lemma that encloses a functional flower, with androecium, gynoecium or both. \N \N \N 506 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 507 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 508 Sac-like bract subtending the pistillate flower, as in Carex. \N \N \N 509 Equals inflorescence bract of an involucre, as in Asteraceae. \N \N \N 510 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 511 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 512 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 513 Ultimate and congested inflorescence branch of the grasses. \N It consists of one to many closely-packed flowers and associated glumes etc. \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 515 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 516 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 517 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 518 A multicellular glandular structure found in the flower secreting a liquid containing organic substances especially sugars. \N \N \N 519 A multicellular glandular structure found in places other than flower secreting a liquid containing organic substances especially sugar. \N \N \N 520 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 521 The petals of a flower collectively. \N \N \N 522 The sepals of one flower collectively. \N \N \N 523 Collectively the stamens of one flower. \N \N \N 524 Collectively the carpels of a flower. \N \N \N 525 A whorl of structures immediately outside the calyx whorl. \N \N \N 526 The region at end of pedicel or axis to which parts of flower are attached. \N \N \N 527 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 528 The pollen-bearing part of a stamen. \N \N \N 529 The stalk of a stamen. \N \N \N 530 The part of the stamen that connects the microsporangia/pollen sacs. \N \N \N 531 A part of the anther consisting of paired sporangia that dehisce down a common slit. \N \N \N 532 Sporangium producing microspores, usually many in number. \N \N \N 533 Innermost part of the anther wall, involved in the nutrition of the pollen. \N \N \N 534 The basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels, that encloses the ovule(s). \N \N \N 535 Part of a carpel or group of fused carpels on which the pollen germinates, usually apical. \N \N \N 536 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 537 OBSOLETE. A controlled vocabulary to describe the various plant parts and the growth and developmental stages. \N This term was made obsolete because its child term \\"plant structure\\" (PO\\:0009011) has become a new top level term. This takes effect with transition of ontology file formats from GO to the OBO format. \N 538 Sterile stamen. \N \N \N 539 A sterile pistil, often rudimentary. \N \N \N 540 The axis of the spikelet, above the glumes. \N \N \N 541 Any branch forming from the primary or the higher order inflorescence axis. \N \N \N 542 Small flowers, esp. of the spikelets of Poaceae and Cyperaceae and the capitula of Asteraceae. \N \N \N 543 OBSOLETE. Aggregation of gamete producing structures. \N \N \N 544 The wall of a fruit, developed from the ovary or carpel wall. \N \N \N 545 The outer layer of the fruit wall or pericarp. \N \N \N 546 The innermost differentiated layer of the fruit wall or pericarp. \N \N \N 547 Middle layer of the fruit wall or pericarp. \N \N \N 548 Covering of seed derived from ovular - mainly integumentary - tissue. \N Used only when not specified more precisely; see testa, tegmen. \N 549 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 550 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 551 OBSOLETE. provisional term \N \N \N 552 Axial part of the young sporophyte comprising the hypocotyl, and the root meristem, or the radicle if one is present. \N \N \N 553 An outgrowth from parts of the seed other than from the funiculus or raphe. \N \N \N 554 An outgrowth occurring on the raphe. \N \N \N 555 A plug-like structure formed in the micropylar region of the seed coat. \N \N \N 556 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 557 A more or less localized region within an ovary to which ovules are attached. \N \N \N 558 The hypodermis of an anther sac with distinctively thickened walls and involved in its dehiscence, especially when this is by slits. \N \N \N 559 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 560 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 561 An inpushing of the anther wall. \N \N \N 562 The stalk which attaches the ovule to the placenta. \N \N \N 563 The outer layer of the pollen grain wall, highly resistant to strong acids and bases, and composed primarily of sporopollenin. \N \N \N 564 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 565 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 566 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 567 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 568 The layer of sexine, which forms a roof over the columellae, granules or other infratectal elements. \N \N \N 569 A rod-like element of the sexine/ectexine, either supporting the tectum or a caput. \N \N \N 570 Third layer of sexine. \N \N \N 571 The inner layer of the ectexine. \N \N \N 572 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 573 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 574 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 575 Subepidermal tissue in the ovule surrounding the megasporocyte. \N \N \N 576 One of the layers of tissue that usually covers the ovule, enveloping the nucellus and forming the micropyle at the apex. \N \N \N 577 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 578 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 579 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 580 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 581 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 582 That part of the funiculus that is adnate to the ovule. \N see antiraphe. \N 583 The region on the other side of the ovule from the raphe. \N see raphe. \N 584 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 585 A leaf or leaves formed at the first node of a sporophyte. \N \N \N 586 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 587 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 588 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 589 Tissue surrounding the radicle in the embryo or seedling of some monocots. \N \N \N 590 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 591 A flap of tissue in an embryo or seedling arising opposite to the insertion of the cotyledon/scutellum. \N \N \N 592 The internode between the cotyledon or cotyledons and the leaf or leaves at the next node of a young sporophyte. \N \N \N 593 The stalk of a leaf. \N \N \N 594 The blade of a leaf, usually dorsiventrally flattened, and expanded. \N \N \N 595 The bottom part of a leaf where it attaches to the stem. \N \N \N 596 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 597 A leaf in which the lamina is undivided. \N \N \N 598 A leaf having two or more distinct leaflets that are evident as such from early in development. \N \N \N 599 The unifacial terete apical portion of a monocot cotyledon, sometimes also visible on other leaves. \N \N \N 600 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 601 A once-compound leaf divided into several leaflets which arise at the same point, there being no rachis. \N \N \N 602 A diploid (2n) cell that undergoes meiosis and produces four haploid (1n) microspores. \N \N \N 603 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 604 One of the ultimate segments of a compound leaf. \N \N \N 605 The stalk of a leaflet. \N \N \N 606 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 607 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 608 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 609 A reduced leaf surrounding a dormant bud. \N \N \N 610 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 611 That part of the seed coat that develops from the inner integument. \N \N \N 612 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 613 Diploid nutritive tissue in an angiospermous seed derived from nucellar tissue. \N \N \N 614 Complex wall surrounding the micrsopore. \N \N \N 615 An outgrowth from the surface of a seed, usually near the hilum or micropyle. \N \N \N 616 A tuft of hairs at one end of a seed. \N \N \N 617 An appendage of a seed, usually rich in oil, attractive to animals, especially ants. \N \N \N 618 The scar on a seed at the place where it was attached to its funicle. \N \N \N 619 OBSOLETE. Fruit that breaks open at maturity to release the contents. \N \N \N 620 OBSOLETE. Fruit that does not open at maturity. \N \N \N 621 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 622 OBSOLETE. One segment of a fruit of a schizocarp consisting of pericarp plus seed(s). \N \N \N 623 OBSOLETE. \N \N \N 624 OBSOLETE. The 'stone' or 'pit' (endocarp plus seed) of a succulent fruit. \N \N \N 625 OBSOLETE. \N \N \N 626 OBSOLETE. Fruit on a common axis derived from the ovaries of several flowers. \N \N \N 627 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 628 The largest cell of the mature embryo sac. Contains two polar nuclei, which (after double fertilization) will develop into the endosperm. \N \N \N 629 A plant body or cell lineage formed by vegetative growth of the microspore, producing male gametes. \N \N \N 630 Embryo sac in flowering plants. \N \N \N 631 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 632 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 633 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 634 The egg cell and two synergids located at the micropylar end of the female gametophyte, or the embryo sac, in angiosperms. \N \N \N 635 A cell of the male gametophyte of angiosperms that divides to produce two male gametes or sperm cells. \N \N \N 636 The larger cell of the male gametophyte of angiosperms that does not divide further. \N \N \N 637 The part of the stem below the cotyledonary node and transitional to a root, found in a young sporophyte. \N \N \N 638 A fissure or pore in the anther lobe through which the pollen is released. \N \N \N 639 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 640 The last mature leaf before the inflorescence in a cereal crop plant. \N \N \N 641 Any tubular portion of the leaf surrounding the stem, as in the Poaceae. \N \N \N 642 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 643 Outgrowth at the base of a leaf blade that may wrap around the stem. \N \N \N 644 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 645 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 646 A more or less shield-shaped and absorptive portion of an embryo of grasses, probably a modified cotyledon. \N \N \N 647 Root developing from the pericycle layer of the primary root. \N \N \N 648 The central supporting structure around which flowers are borne. \N cob (sensu Zea) is different from the cob inflorescence found in Sorghum. \N 649 A group of cells that covers the apical meristem of the root. \N \N \N 650 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 651 The portion of the root that includes small, densely cytoplasmic cells that are dividing and expanding in size. \N \N \N 652 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 653 The root which develops directly from the embryonic radicle. \N \N \N 654 The margin or edge of the lamina. \N \N \N 655 Root developing from any plant part other than near the root apex. \N see radicle, lateral root, primary root. \N 656 The central part of a root cap in which the cells are arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 657 The part of the root cap that is parallel to the sides of the axis. \N \N \N 658 Cell that constitutes the central part of the root cap, arranged in longitudinal files. \N \N \N 659 Cell that produces columella cells in the root cap. In direct contact with quiescent center. \N \N \N 660 OBSOLETE. Solid cell inclusion of starch containing plastids occurring in root cap cells. \N This is sub-cellular term \N 661 The portion of the root located behind the elongation zone containing cells that are differentiating into their final form and function. \N \N \N 662 The distal part of a lateral (axillary) branch in Zea that bears the functionally-carpellate florets in a highly contracted inflorescence. \N \N \N 663 The top part of the leaf, usually the apex of the leaf blade. \N \N \N 664 A strand of vascular tissue in the leaf blade. \N \N \N 665 The central, and usually the most prominent, vein of a leaf or leaf-like organ. \N \N \N 666 Second order veins in the leaf blade. \N \N \N 667 The level (transverse plane) of a stem at which one or more leaves and associated axillary bud(s) arise. \N \N \N 668 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 669 The meristems located at the apices of the main and lateral shoots and roots. \N \N \N 670 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 671 Meristem at the root apex. \N In most cases it is involved in root elongation. \N 672 Meristem formed in the apex of the shoot, including meristems originating as axillary shoot meristems. \N \N \N 673 Hemispherically shaped aggregation of mitotically and metabolically inactive cells positioned behind the root cap. \N \N \N