stigma
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009073
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: Poaceae stigma
- narrow: Zea stigma
- alt_id: PO:0006468
- alt_id: PO:0006487
- exact: estigma (Spanish)
- exact: stigmas
- exact: stigmata
- exact: 柱頭 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A cardinal organ part that is part of a carpel or group of fused carpels on which the pollen germinates, usually apical. [source: APweb:Glossary, TAIR:Leonore_Reiser]
- Comment
- If you are annotating to this structure for Zea mays or other grasses, please also add an annotation to the corresponding floret type. Choose the most specific term possible from: spikelet floret (PO:0009082), ear floret (PO:0006354), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear (PO:0006350), upper floret of sessile spikelet of ear (PO:0006352), tassel floret (PO:0006310), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006314), upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006316).
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