leaf aerenchyma

Term Information

Accession
PO:0006215
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: aerénquima de la hoja (Spanish)
exact: 葉通気組織 (Japanese)
Definition
A portion of parenchyma tissue containing particularly large intercellular spaces in the leaf mesophyll. [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, POC:Ramona_Walls]
Comment
If you are annotating to this term, please add an additional annotation to vascular leaf (PO:0009025) or non-vascular leaf (PO:0025075), depending on the species. All annotations for angiosperms, gymnosperms, and pteridophytes should go to vascular leaf and all annotations for bryophytes should go to non-vascular leaf.

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