Term Information

Accession
PO:0009030
Name
carpel
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
carpelo (Spanish, exact), 心皮 (Japanese, exact), Poaceae carpel (narrow), Zea carpel (narrow), pistil (broad)
Alternate IDs
PO:0006455, PO:0006470
Definition
A megasporophyll, almost always at the center of a flower, its margins more or less fused together or with other carpels to enclose the ovule(s). Source: APweb:Glossary
Comment
In some cases, a gynoecium (PO:0009062) may consist of only one carpel, in which case annotations should go on carpel (PO:0009030). The word pistil is used synonymously with gynoecium, but if a gynoecium consists of a single carpel, then pistil may be used synonymously with carpel. If carpels are fused, the gynoecium is a syncarpous gynoecium, as in Poaceae, Brassicaceae and Solanaceae. If carpels are free, the gynoecium is an apocarpous gynoecium, as in Fabaceae. If you are annotating to this structure for Zea mays or other grasses, please also add an annotation to the corresponding floret type. Choose the most specific term possible from: spikelet floret (PO:0009082), ear floret (PO:0006354), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of ear (PO:0006350), upper floret of sessile spikelet of ear (PO:0006352), tassel floret (PO:0006310), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006314), upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006316).
Subset
reference
TraitNet
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Parents of carpel (PO:0009030)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
carpel [is_a relation] is_a  floral organ (PO:0025395)
carpel [is_a relation] is_a  megasporophyll (PO:0009027)
carpel [RO:0002202 relation] RO:0002202  carpel primordium (PO:0004703)
carpel [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  gynoecium (PO:0009062)
Children of carpel (PO:0009030)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
style (PO:0009074) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carpel
plant ovary (PO:0009072) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carpel
carpel epidermis (PO:0025096) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carpel
carpel vascular system (PO:0005019) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carpel
stigma (PO:0009073) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carpel
carpel margin (PO:0025019) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  carpel
PO_GIT
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