vascular system
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000034
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 維管束系 (Japanese)
- exact: sistema vascular (Spanish)
- exact: vasculature
- Definition
- A maximal portion of vascular tissue (PO:0009015) in a whole plant (PO:0000003), collective plant structure (PO:0025497), multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496), or cardinal part of multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025498). [source: ISBN:0471245208, ISBN:0716710072, POC:curators]
- Comment
- A vascular system consist of the totality of the portions of vascular tissue in their specific arrangement in a plant structure. May include other portions of plant tissue or plant cells (PO:0009002) of other types, such as parenchyma (PO:0005421) or fiber cells (PO:0025407).
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