outer integument
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020023
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: Poaceae outer integument
- alt_id: PO:0006459
- exact: integumento externo (Spanish)
- exact: 外珠皮 (Japanese)
- Definition
- One of the two layers of tissue that usually cover the ovule, contiguous to the inner integument and usually involved in forming the micropyle at the apex. [source: APweb:Glossary]
- Comment
- If you are annotating to this structure for Zea mays or other grasses, please also add an annotation to the corresponding floret type. Choose the most specific term possible from: spikelet floret (PO:0009082), ear floret (PO:0006354), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear (PO:0006350), upper floret of sessile spikelet of ear (PO:0006352).
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External References
None.