placenta
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025078
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 胎座 (Japanese)
- exact: placenta (Spanish)
- exact: placentae
- exact: placentas
- exact: portion of placenta tissue
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue at the interface between two plant structures, one of which is in a gametophyte development stage (PO:id) and one of which is in a sporophyte development stage (PO:id), and that has as parts transfer cells (PO:0000078). [source: ISBN:0716710072]
- Comment
- The transfer cells aid in nutrient transport. Examples include ovary placenta (PO:0020001) and fruit placenta (PO:0004535).
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