palea

Term Information

Accession
PO:0009038
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
narrow: palea of ear floret
narrow: palea of lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear
narrow: palea of lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel
narrow: palea of lower floret of sessile spikelet of tassel
narrow: palea of tassel floret
narrow: palea of upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear
narrow: palea of upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel
narrow: palea of upper floret of sessile spikelet of ear
narrow: palea of upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel
alt_id: PO:0006359
alt_id: PO:0006361
alt_id: PO:0006399
alt_id: PO:0006401
alt_id: PO:0006411
alt_id: PO:0006413
alt_id: PO:0006427
alt_id: PO:0006428
alt_id: PO:0006429
alt_id: PO:0006430
exact: palea (Spanish)
exact: palea of lower floret of sessile spikelet of ear
exact: 内頴 (Japanese)
broad: pale
broad: paleae
broad: paleas
broad: palet
Definition
A flower bract (PO:0009034) that is the upper/distal of the two bracts (PO:0009055) enclosing a (PO:0009082) spikelet floret. [source: APweb:Glossary, POC:curators, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
Comment
A lemma (PO:0009037) and palea (PO:0009038) enclose an individual spikelet floret (PO:0009082). The palea is usually the smaller of the two. Since it is not clear what the lemma and palea correspond to in conventional flowers, no assumptions of homology are made. If you are annotating to this structure for Zea species an annotation can also be made to the more specific floret type, if known. Choose the most specific term possible from: ear floret (PO:0006354), lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear (PO:0006353), lower floret of sessile spikelet of ear (PO:0006351), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear (PO:0006350), upper floret of sessile spikelet of ear (PO:0006352), tassel floret (PO:0006310), lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006313), lower floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006315), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006314), upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006316). Found in Found in Poaceae, Cyperaceae and other Poales.

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