embryo basal cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0002002
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: célula basal (Spanish)
- exact: embryonic basal cell
- exact: 胚基底細胞 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A native plant cell (PO:0025606) that is the lower-most cell formed after the first division of the plant zygote (PO:0000423) and is part of a plant embryo (PO:0009009). [source: ISBN:0471245208, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- The zygote divides to form an embryo apical cell and an embryo basal cell.
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