vascular cambium
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0005598
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: cambium vascular (Spanish)
- exact: 維管束形成層 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A cambium (PO:0005597) that is located between and gives rise to secondary xylem (PO:0005848) and secondary phloem (PO:0005043). [source: ISBN:047125208]
- Comment
- A vascular cambium produces cells in both directions, centrifugally and centrifically, leading to an increase in the cross-sectional area of a plant axis (PO:0025004).
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