somatic plant embryo

Term Information

Accession
PO:0025302
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: apomictic plant embryo
exact: embrión somático vegetal (Spanish)
exact: 体細胞plant胚 (Japanese)
broad: somatic embryo
Definition
A plant embryo (PO:0009009) that arises from previously differentiated somatic cells, rather than from fused gametes, i.e. the plant zygote (PO:0000423). [source: POC:curators, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
Comment
Somatic plant embryos may arise where embryos normally would not arise as a product of apomixis. They may occur on the edges of leaves on some species of Kalanchoe or some ferns.

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