paraphysis
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030070
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: paráfisis (Spanish)
- exact: paraphyses
- exact: 側糸 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A slender, usually uniseriate multicellular trichome (PO:0025162) that grows intermixed with the gametangia. [source: ISBN:0029496608]
- Comment
- Found in bryophytes and pteridophytes, especially in mosses.
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