albuminous cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025412
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: célula albuminosa (Spanish)
- exact: 有胚乳細胞 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A parenchyma cell (PO:0000074) that is morphologically and physiologically associated with a sieve cell (PO:0025415) but does is not derived from the same initial cell (PO:0004011) as the sieve cell. [source: ISBN:0471245208, POC:curators]
- Comment
- May be found in the ray system (PO:0025411) and sometimes the axial system (PO:0025410) of gymnosperms. Compare to companion cells (PO:0000071), which are found in angiosperms.
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