chloronema
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030004
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: クロロネマ (Japanese)
- exact: chloronemata
- exact: cloronema (Spanish)
- exact: portion of chloronema tissue
- Definition
- A portion of protonema tissue that consists of only chloronema cells. [source: POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- Generally, the development of chloronema precedes the development of caulonema. Only the caulonema, and not the chloronema, initiates gametophore buds.
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