hydrome
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030047
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: hidromo (Spanish)
- exact: hydrom
- exact: leptoxylem
- exact: 導水組織 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that has as parts hydroid (PO:0025032) cells and cells of no other types. [source: ISBN:376821110, POC:curators]
- Comment
- A hydrome is composed of only hydroids. Found in bryophytes, in the center of a non-vascular shoot axis (PO:0025029) such as a gametophore (PO:0030018) or seta (PO:0030032). Often surrounded by the leptome (PO:0030048). May function in water conduction and may provide support.
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