perigonial bract
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030028
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: bráctea del perigonio (Spanish)
- exact: 花蓋苞葉 (Japanese)
- exact: perigonium bract
- Definition
- A bract (PO:0009055) that subtends an antheridium (PO:0025125). [source: ISBN:9780473067304]
- Comment
- When an antheridium occurs on a specialized lateral branch of the gametophore, all of the phyllomes on that branch are usually perigonial bracts. If an antheridium occurs on a main axis of the gametophore, usually only the terminal phyllomes are perigonial bracts.
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