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coleorhiza
Term Information
Accession
PO:0020034
Name
coleorhiza
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
coleorriza (Spanish, exact), 根鞘 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A sheath-like plant organ (PO:0009008) that surrounds the radicle (PO:0020031) of a plant embryo (PO:0009009) or the emerging root (PO:0009005) of a seedling (PO:0000003).
Source:PO_REF:00003,
ISBN:0471244554,
PMID:19386806
Comment
Found in Poaceae and some other monocots as well as some gymnosperms. Protects the emerging radicle in a plant embryo or seedling. The parenchyma cells of both the coleorhiza and epiblast may function in storage.
Subset
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