Planteome: Term Details for "root" (PO:0009005)

Term Information

Accession: PO:0009005
Name: root
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: raíz (Spanish, exact), radices (exact, plural), radix (exact), 根 (Japanese, exact), aerial root (narrow), climbing root (narrow)
Alternate IDs: PO:0003006
Definition: A plant axis (PO:0025004) that lacks shoot axis nodes (PO:0005004) and usually grows indeterminately. Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, ISBN:9780964022157, POC:curators, NYBG:Dario_Cavaliere, ISBN:978-0879015329, NYBG:Brandon_Sinn
Comment: Roots function in the absorption of water and inorganic nutrients, anchoring the plant body to the substrate and supporting it, storage of food and nutrients, and vegetative reproduction. The roots of most vascular plant species enter into symbiosis with soil-borne microorganisms. Roots are usually positively geotropic and found underground, although there are many exceptions such as the aerial roots of orchids. Roots often form secondary thickening from the root lateral meristem (PO:0006308). Commonly thought of as one of the three basic parts of the plant body, along with the shoot axis (PO:0025029) and leaves (PO:0025034).
Subset: Maize; Gymnosperms; Tomato; reference; TraitNet; Rice; Musa; Angiosperm; Potato
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0025497 collective plant structure
PO:0025496 multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0025007 collective plant organ structure
PO:0009008 plant organ
PO:0025004 plant axis
PO:0025025 root system
PO:0009005 root
PO:0000045 embryo root
PO:0020121 lateral root
PO:0000016 lateral root primordium
PO:0020127 primary root
PO:0000067 proteoid root
PO:0006213 root aerenchyma
PO:0020147 root apical meristem
PO:0025441 root cambial zone
PO:0025436 root cork cambium
PO:0000258 root cortex
PO:0020135 root differentiation zone
PO:0006036 root epidermis
PO:0006308 root lateral meristem
PO:0003023 root nodule
PO:0025095 root parenchyma
PO:0005047 root periderm
PO:0025443 root secondary thickening meristem
PO:0020124 root stele
PO:0000025 root tip
PO:0025438 root vascular cambium
PO:0000042 shoot-borne root
PO:0003000 transition zone
PO:0025523 tuberous root
PO:0025476 tuberous root tuber

Parents of root (PO:0009005)

subject	relation	object
root	RO:0002202	root primordium (PO:0005029)
root	is_a	plant axis (PO:0025004)
root	BFO:0000050	root system (PO:0025025)

Children of root (PO:0009005)

subject	relation	object
primary root (PO:0020127)	is_a	root
root apical meristem (PO:0020147)	BFO:0000050	root
root vascular cambium (PO:0025438)	BFO:0000050	root
proteoid root (PO:0000067)	is_a	root
root cambial zone (PO:0025441)	BFO:0000050	root
root tip (PO:0000025)	BFO:0000050	root
embryo root (PO:0000045)	is_a	root
root epidermis (PO:0006036)	BFO:0000050	root
root nodule (PO:0003023)	BFO:0000050	root
tuberous root tuber (PO:0025476)	is_a	root
lateral root (PO:0020121)	is_a	root
root stele (PO:0020124)	BFO:0000050	root
lateral root primordium (PO:0000016)	BFO:0000050	root
shoot-borne root (PO:0000042)	is_a	root
root cortex (PO:0000258)	BFO:0000050	root
root-derived cultured plant cell (PO:0000008)	PO:0040001	root
root aerenchyma (PO:0006213)	BFO:0000050	root
tuberous root (PO:0025523)	is_a	root
root secondary thickening meristem (PO:0025443)	BFO:0000050	root
root parenchyma (PO:0025095)	BFO:0000050	root
root lateral meristem (PO:0006308)	BFO:0000050	root
root differentiation zone (PO:0020135)	BFO:0000050	root
root cork cambium (PO:0025436)	BFO:0000050	root
root periderm (PO:0005047)	BFO:0000050	root
transition zone (PO:0003000)	BFO:0000050	root

FNA: bf0ce902-e91c-401a-92a8-26b20142ce5f
PO_GIT: 578