scutellar node
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0004708
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 胚盤節 (Japanese)
- exact: nodo escutelar (Spanish)
- Definition
- A stem node that is the part of an embryo axis directly above the radicle where the scutellum is attached. [source: ISBN:0471244554]
- Comment
- Found in grasses where no hypocotyl is present. The scutellar node may represent a reduction of the hypocotyl and cotyledonary node.
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