integument
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020021
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: Poaceae integument
- narrow: Zea integument
- alt_id: PO:0006465
- alt_id: PO:0006507
- exact: 珠皮 (Japanese)
- exact: integumento (Spanish)
- exact: portion of integument tissue
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that usually covers a plant ovule (PO:0020003), enveloping a nucellus (PO:0020020) and forming a micropyle (PO:0020025) at the apex. [source: APweb:Glossary]
- Comment
- If you are annotating to this structure for an angiosperm, please add an additional annotation to plant ovary ovule (PO:0025490). If you are annotating to this structure for an gymnosperm, please add an additional annotation to ovuliferous scale ovule (PO:0025491). 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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External References
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