Term Information

Accession
PO:0005352
Name
xylem
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
portion of xylem tissue (exact), xilema (Spanish, exact), 木質部 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A portion of vascular tissue (PO:0009015) that has as part one or more tracheary elements (PO:0000290). Source: ISBN:0471245194
Comment
Functions in the translocation of water and solutes from roots (PO:0009005) to the shoot system (PO:0009006) and in support. Tracheary elements have lignified cell walls with secondary thickening and are dead at maturity.
Subset
TraitNet
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Parents of xylem (PO:0005352)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
xylem [is_a relation] is_a  portion of vascular tissue (PO:0009015)
Children of xylem (PO:0005352)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
xylem vessel (PO:0025417) [is_a relation] is_a  xylem
xylem development stage (PO:0025425) [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  xylem
secondary xylem (PO:0005848) [is_a relation] is_a  xylem
tracheid bar (PO:0019026) [is_a relation] is_a  xylem
primary xylem (PO:0005849) [is_a relation] is_a  xylem
xylem fiber cell (PO:0000274) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  xylem
tracheary element (PO:0000290) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  xylem
PO_GIT
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