Term Information

Accession
PO:0025017
Name
plant spore
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
espora (Spanish, exact), 植物胞子 (Japanese, exact), diaspore (broad), spore (broad)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A whole plant (PO:0000003) that arises through meiosis and is contained in a spore wall. Source: POC:curators
Comment
A spore is usually single-celled in homosporous plants but may be multicellular in heterosporous plants. May have a spore wall (GO:0031160) made of sporopollenin.
Subset
CL
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Parents of plant spore (PO:0025017)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
plant spore [is_a relation] is_a  whole plant (PO:0000003)
Children of plant spore (PO:0025017)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
plant spore stage (PO:0025375) [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  plant spore
protonema (PO:0030003) [RO:0002202 relation] RO:0002202  plant spore
microspore (PO:0020048) [is_a relation] is_a  plant spore
megaspore (PO:0020019) [is_a relation] is_a  plant spore
PO_GIT
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