sieve tube element
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000289
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- alt_id: PO:0000286
- exact: miembro del tubo criboso (Spanish)
- exact: sieve tube member
- exact: sieve tube segment
- exact: sieve-tube element
- exact: 師(篩)管要素 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A sieve element (PO:0025406) that is part of a sieve tube (PO:0025416) and has as parts sieve areas aggregated into sieve plates (GO:0097218). [source: ISBN:0471245208]
- Comment
- Sieve tube elements have sieve areas that are specialized into those with wide pores in sieve plates and those with narrow pores in lateral sieve areas. Sieve tube elements may have inclined end walls with compound or simple sieve plates. Typical of angiosperms. Differ from sieve cells (PO:0025415), which have less pronounced specialization of sieve areas and no sieve plates.
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