spore capsule operculum
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030044
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 胞子嚢蓋 (Japanese)
- exact: opérculo de la cápsula productora de esporas (Spanish)
- exact: sporangium lid
- exact: spore capsule lid
- exact: spore capsule opercula
- Definition
- A cardinal organ part that is the apical part of a spore capsule that separates from the rest of the capsule during dehiscence. [source: ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:9780473067304]
- Comment
- Found in mosses. May remain partly attached to the rest of the capsule.
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