plant ovary

Term Information

Accession
PO:0009072
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
narrow: Poaceae ovary
narrow: Zea ovary
alt_id: PO:0006456
alt_id: PO:0006486
exact: ovario vegetal (Spanish)
exact: 子房 (Japanese)
Definition
A plant structure (PO:0009011) that is the basal portion of a carpel (PO:0009030) or group of fused carpels and encloses the plant ovule(s) (PO:0020003). [source: APweb:Glossary, TAIR:Leonore_Reiser]
Comment
If you are annotating to this structure for Zea mays or other grasses, please also add an annotation to the corresponding floret type. Choose the most specific term possible from: spikelet floret (PO:0009082), ear floret (PO:0006354), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear (PO:0006350), upper floret of sessile spikelet of ear (PO:0006352).

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