Planteome: Term Details for "leaf sheath" (PO:0020104)

Accession: PO:0020104
Name: leaf sheath
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: vaina de la hoja (Spanish, exact), 葉鞘 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cardinal organ part (PO:0025001) that is the lower part of a vascular leaf (PO:0009025), and which more or less encases the stem (PO:0009047). Source: Gramene:Pankaj_Jaiswal, PO:laurel_cooper
Comment: A leaf sheath is usually tubular shaped, and is found in the Poaceae family and other monocots.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
leaf sheath	is_a	cardinal organ part (PO:0025001)
leaf sheath	BFO:0000050	vascular leaf (PO:0009025)