exothecium
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030073
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: epithecium
- exact: exotecio (Spanish)
- exact: 葯の表皮(外膜) (Japanese)
- exact: sporangium epidermis
- exact: sporangium wall exothecium
- Definition
- A portion of epidermis that is the outermost layer of a sporangium wall. [source: ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:9780003686647]
- Comment
- Develops from the outermost layer of an amphithecium in bryophytes.
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