root cortex
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000258
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- alt_id: PO:0003010
- exact: cortex de la raíz (Spanish)
- exact: portion of root cortex tissue
- exact: 根皮層 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of cortex (PO:0005708) that is part of a root (PO:0009005). [source: ISBN:047125208, POC:curators]
- Comment
- In dicots and gymnosperms, the cortex consists of mainly parenchyma cells. In monocots sclerenchyma develops in addition to parenchyma.
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