Term Information

Accession
PO:0020101
Name
stomium
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
estomio (Spanish, exact), stomia (exact, plural), 口辺細胞 (Japanese, exact), Poaceae stomium (narrow), Zea stomium (narrow)
Alternate IDs
PO:0006449, PO:0006485
Definition
A plant anatomical space that is a slit in an anther lobe formed from when a dehiscence zone dehisces. Source: POC:curators
Comment
Pollen may be released through the stomium. If you are annotating to this structure for Zea mays or other grasses, please also add an annotation to the corresponding floret type. Choose the most specific term possible from: spikelet floret (PO:0009082), tassel floret (PO:0006310), lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006313), lower floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006315), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006314), upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006316).
Subset
reference
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Parents of stomium (PO:0020101)
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stomium [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  anther wall (PO:0000002)
stomium [is_a relation] is_a  plant anatomical space (PO:0025117)

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