hydroid
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025032
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: ハイドロイド、仮導管状細胞 (Japanese)
- exact: hidroide (Spanish)
- exact: hydroid cell
- Definition
- A native plant cell (PO:0025606) that is dead at maturity, lacks specialized wall thickenings or lignin, and has tapered ends that are thin and partially hydrolyzed. [source: ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:376821110, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- Hydroids are water and mineral conducting cells found in bryophytes in axes and leaves in the gametophytic phase and in the seta in the sporophytic phase.
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