Planteome: Term Details for "root cortex" (PO:0000258)

Accession: PO:0000258
Name: root cortex
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: cortex de la raíz (Spanish, exact), portion of root cortex tissue (exact), 根皮層 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: PO:0003010
Definition: A portion of cortex (PO:0005708) that is part of a root (PO:0009005). Source: POC:curators, ISBN:047125208
Comment: In dicots and gymnosperms, the cortex consists of mainly parenchyma cells. In monocots sclerenchyma develops in addition to parenchyma.
Subset: TraitNet
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subject	relation	object
root cortex	is_a	cortex (PO:0005708)
root cortex	BFO:0000050	root (PO:0009005)

subject	relation	object
exodermis (PO:0005772)	BFO:0000050	root cortex
root endodermis (PO:0005059)	BFO:0000050	root cortex