septum
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000030
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: septa
- exact: septo (Spanish)
- exact: 隔壁 (Japanese)
- broad: dissepiment
- Definition
- A collective organ part structure composed of two or more layers of various tissues that is a partition that divides a cavity formed by the fusion of two or more organs. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- A septum is formed by the fusion of the walls of two adjacent organs (ovary walls or anther walls), for example, the partition between two sections of an orange, seen in cross-section.
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External References
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PlantSystematics_image_archive (1)
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PO_GIT (1)
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