microspore
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020048
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: Poaceae microspore
- narrow: Zea microspore
- alt_id: PO:0006452
- alt_id: PO:0006480
- exact: microspora (Spanish)
- exact: 小胞子 (Japanese)
- Definition
- The smaller, in general, of the two kinds of spores produced after meiosis in the life cycle of a heterosporous plant, and on germination giving rise to the male gametophyte. [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), tassel floret (PO:0006310), lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006313), lower floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006315), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006314), upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006316).
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External References
None.