archesporial cell

Term Information

Accession
PO:0030056
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: archesporial initial
exact: célula arquesporial (Spanish)
exact: 胞原細胞 (Japanese)
exact: sporogenous cell
Definition
A native plant cell (PO:0025606) that divides to gives rise to a sporocyte (PO:0006204) and is part of a sporangium (PO:0025094). [source: ISBN:9780070588493, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
Comment
May also give rise to sterile cells such as elators (in liverworts) or tapetal cells. In most species outside seed plants, multiple archesporial cells are part of an archesporium or sporogenous tissue.

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