Term Information

Accession
PO:0009067
Name
filament
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
filamento (Spanish, exact), 花糸 (Japanese, exact), Poaceae filament (narrow), Zea filament (narrow)
Alternate IDs
PO:0006454, PO:0006474
Definition
A stalk (PO:0025066) that is part of a stamen (PO:0009029). Source: Gramene:Pankaj_Jaiswal, MaizeGDB_curator:Leszek_Vincent
Comment
Supports the anthers. 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), 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).
Subset
reference
TraitNet
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Parents of filament (PO:0009067)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
filament [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  stamen (PO:0009029)
filament [is_a relation] is_a  stalk (PO:0025066)
Children of filament (PO:0009067)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
filament vascular system (PO:0008014) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  filament
filament epidermis (PO:0006060) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  filament
None.