Planteome: Term Details for "cladode" (PO:0025354)

Accession: PO:0025354
Name: cladode
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: cladodio (Spanish, exact), cladophyll (exact), phylloclade (exact), 扁茎、仮葉枝、葉状茎 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A shoot axis that is flattened and expanded. Source: ISBN:9780881928501
Comment: Has an increased surface area for photosynthesis and may function similar to leaves in plants that have no or small leaves, such as cacti. Consists of one to several internodes and nodes. Cladodes bear scale leaves (or leaf scars where temporary leaves have fallen off) that subtend axillary buds.
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to cladode.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to cladode.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for cladode.
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subject	relation	object
cladode	is_a	shoot axis (PO:0025029)

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