helobial endosperm
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0006017
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: endosperma helobial (Spanish)
- exact: 沼生目型胚乳 (Japanese)
- Definition
- An endosperm in which the first karyokinetic event is accompanied by the formation of a horizontal wall which divides the central cell into unequal regions. The larger one is the micropylar chamber in which cytokinesis does not occur and the smaller one is the chalazal chamber. [source: ISBN:0080374913]
- Comment
- None
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