epidermal rhizoid
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030071
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 表皮仮根 (Japanese)
- exact: rizoide epidérmico (Spanish)
- Definition
- A rhizoid (PO:0030078) that develops from an epidermal rhizoid initial cell (PO:0030068). [source: ISBN:12917289]
- Comment
- Found in bryophytes and pteridophytes growing from the epidermis of a gametophore or the lower surface of a thallus and in some monocots growing from the stem at the cotyledonary node. May be considered a type of trichome.
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