endodermis
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000252
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: endodermoid
- alt_id: PO:0006064
- exact: endodermis (Spanish)
- exact: portion of endodermal tissue
- exact: portion of epidermis tissue
- exact: 内皮 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of ground tissue (PO:0025059) that is the inner most layer of a cortex (PO:0005708) and has a casparian strip in its anticlinal cell walls. [source: ISBN:047124529, POC:curators]
- Comment
- Forms a sheath around the vascular system. It may have secondary walls later, part_of cortex.
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