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alar cell

Term Information

Accession
PO:0030057
Name
alar cell
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
célula alar (Spanish, exact), 翼細胞 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A native plant cell (PO:0025606) located at the base of a non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075) adjacent to where the leaf attaches to the stem (PO:0009047). Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, ISBN:9780473067304, ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:0029496608
Comment
Found in mosses. Alar cells occur in an area at the base of a leaf that may be triangular, ovate or rectangular and is sometimes called the alar region. They are different in size, shape, color, thickness, or ornamentation from other cells in the leaf.
Subset
CL
Bryophytes
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alar cell [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  leaf base (PO:0020040)
alar cell [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075)
alar cell [is_a relation] is_a  native plant cell (PO:0025606)

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