stomatal initial cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000062
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: inicial estomática (meristemoide inicial) (Spanish)
- exact: stomatal initial
- exact: stomatal meristemoid
- exact: 気孔始原細胞 (Japanese)
- Definition
- An epidermal initial cell (PO:0000349) that undergoes several rounds of uneven division, each time giving rise to a larger daughter cell that differentiates into an epidermal ground cell and a smaller daughter cell that remains meristematic, until the meristematic cell (PO:0004010) differentiates into a guard mother cell (PO:0000351). [source: POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- None
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