leaf midvein
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020139
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: vascular leaf costa
- related: vascular leaf costae
- exact: 葉主脈、中央脈、中脈 (Japanese)
- exact: vascular leaf midvein
- exact: vena media (Spanish)
- broad: mid rib
- broad: mid-rib
- broad: midrib
- Definition
- A primary leaf vein (PO:0025413) that is the central vein of a vascular leaf (PO:0009025). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- Often the most prominent vein of a vascular leaf. See costa (PO:0030072) for the central conductive strand of a non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075).
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