non-vascular leaf meristematic apical cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030013
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: célula apical de la hoja no vascular (Spanish)
- exact: 維管束を持たない葉の分裂組織の頂端細胞 (Japanese)
- exact: non-vascular leaf apical cell
- exact: non-vascular leaf apical initial
- exact: phyllid apical cell
- exact: phyllid apical initial
- Definition
- A leaf meristematic apical cell (PO:0030011) that is part of a leaf apex of a non-vascular leaf. [source: ISBN:0962073342, PMID:19303301]
- Comment
- Occurs in the non-vascular leaves of bryophytes, which grow by division of a single, wedge-shaped apical cell with two cutting faces.
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