Term Information

Accession
PO:0030029
Name
sporophyte foot
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
pie del esporofito (Spanish, exact), 胞子体あし (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A plant organ that is the base of a whole plant in the sporophytic phase and attaches it to the gametophore. Source: ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:0029496608
Comment
Found in bryophytes and some pteridophytes. In mosses, the foot is located below the seta. In ferns, the foot is formed from the upper hypobasal quandrant of the embryo. The sporophyte foot serves for both attachment and absorption. The outer portion of the foot is composed of absorptive transfer cells.
Subset
Pteridophytes
Bryophytes
Citrus
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Parents of sporophyte foot (PO:0030029)
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sporophyte foot [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  sporophyte development stage (PO:0028002)
sporophyte foot [is_a relation] is_a  plant organ (PO:0009008)
sporophyte foot [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  transfer cell (PO:0000078)

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