Planteome: Term Details for "coleorhiza" (PO:0020034)

Accession: PO:0020034
Name: coleorhiza
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: coleorriza (Spanish, exact), 根鞘 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A sheath-like plant organ (PO:0009008) that surrounds the radicle (PO:0020031) of a plant embryo (PO:0009009) or the emerging root (PO:0009005) of a seedling (PO:0000003). Source: PO_REF:00003, ISBN:0471244554, PMID:19386806
Comment: Found in Poaceae and some other monocots as well as some gymnosperms. Protects the emerging radicle in a plant embryo or seedling. The parenchyma cells of both the coleorhiza and epiblast may function in storage.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
coleorhiza	is_a	plant organ (PO:0009008)