leaf sheath

Term Information

Accession
PO:0020104
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: 葉鞘 (Japanese)
exact: vaina de la hoja (Spanish)
Definition
A tubular portion of the leaf surrounding the stem, as in the Poaceae. [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal]
Comment
If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to vascular leaf (PO:0009025) or non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075), depending on the species. All annotations for angiosperms, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes should go to vascular leaf and all annotations for bryophytes should go to non-vascular leaf.

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