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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