Planteome: Term Details for "leaf apex tendril" (PO:0025363)

Accession: PO:0025363
Name: leaf apex tendril
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: ápice en zarzillo de la hoja (Spanish, exact), 葉先巻きひげ (Japanese, exact), tendril (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A leaf apex of a laminar vascular leaf that is slender and coiling. Source: ISBN:9780881928501
Comment: Aids plant in climbing. Found at the apex of a leaf lamina, but the leaf apex tendril is not laminar or it may be a narrow lamina. If the tendril is derived from the terminal leaflet, use the term leaflet tendril (PO:0025362). See also leaf tendril (PO:0025361), leaflet tendril (PO:0025362), branch tendril (PO:0025364), stem apex tendril (PO:0025365), leaf rachis tendril (PO:0025366), and prophyll tendril (PO:0025367). Careful observation is required to correctly classify some tendrils.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
leaf apex tendril	is_a	leaf apex (PO:0020137)
leaf apex tendril	BFO:0000050	vascular leaf (PO:0009025)

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leaf apex tendril