Planteome: Term Details for "tracheary element" (PO:0000290)

Accession: PO:0000290
Name: tracheary element
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: elemento de traqueida (Spanish, exact), 管状要素 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A native plant cell (PO:0025606) that has a lignified cell wall with secondary thickening and bordered pits. Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, ISBN:0471245208
Comment: Tracheary elements are dead at maturity, are more or less elongated, and have pits of various types in the cell wall. Tracheary elements function in the conduction of water and dissolved substances such as mineral nutrients from the roots to the shoot system. Tracheary elements can be distinguished from fiber cells (PO:0025407) by the presence of bordered pits, although there are intermediate forms called fiber tracheids (PO:0000355).
Subset: CL; TraitNet
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subject	relation	object
tracheary element	BFO:0000050	xylem (PO:0005352)
tracheary element	is_a	native plant cell (PO:0025606)

subject	relation	object
secondary xylem tracheary element (PO:0025445)	is_a	tracheary element
tracheid (PO:0000301)	is_a	tracheary element
xylem vessel member (PO:0002003)	is_a	tracheary element
primary xylem tracheary element (PO:0025444)	is_a	tracheary element