centarch protoxylem
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025552
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: protoxilema centrarco (Spanish)
- exact: 心原型原生木部 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of protoxylem (PO:0000272) tissue in which the maturation of primary xylem of the shoot system progresses centrifugally with the oldest elements (protoxylem) in the center of the axis. [source: ISBN:9780716719465, POC:curators]
- Comment
- This pattern was common in early land plants.
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