leaf abaxial epidermis

Term Information

Accession
PO:0006019
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
related: lower epidermis
exact: epidermis abaxial de la hoja (Spanish)
exact: 葉背軸側表皮 (Japanese)
Definition
A portion of leaf epidermis (PO:0006016) that covers the abaxial/lower surface of a leaf. [source: POC:curators, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
Comment
Used to refer to an abaxial epidermis of an entire leaf. More specific terms exist for leaf lamina abaxial epidermis and petiole abaxial epidermis. If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to vascular leaf (PO:0009025) or non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075), depending on the species. All annotations for angiosperms, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes should go to vascular leaf and all annotations for bryophytes should go to non-vascular leaf.

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