mesarch protoxylem
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025553
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: protoxilema mesarco (Spanish)
- exact: 中原型原生木部 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of protoxylem (PO:0000272) tissue in which the maturation of primary xylem (PO:0005849) of the shoot system (PO:0009006) progresses both centripetally and centrifugally from the center. [source: ISBN:0471245208, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- Mesarch protoxylem is found in ferns and cycads stems.
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