Planteome: Term Details for "sporangium" (PO:0025094)

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Accession: PO:0025094
Name: sporangium
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: esporangio (Spanish, exact), moss capsule (exact), sporangia (exact, plural), spore capsule (exact), spore case (exact), 胞子嚢 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: PO:0025232
Definition: A plant organ (PO:0009008) in which plant spores (PO:0025017) are produced. Source: POC:curators, ISBN:0716710072
Comment: In bryophytes, particularly in mosses, a sporangium is referred to as a capsule. In seed plants, a sporangium is located in a sporophyll. In pteridophytes, a sporangium is located on the surface of a sporophyll or fertile leaf or borne on a sporangiophore. May be unicellular in some algae.
Subset: Bryophytes; TraitNet
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to sporangium.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to sporangium.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for sporangium.
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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:0025496 multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0009008 plant organ
PO:0025094 sporangium
PO:0030056 archesporial cell
PO:0030074 archesporium
PO:0030054 epiphragm
PO:0025201 megasporangium
PO:0025202 microsporangium
PO:0030042 peristome
PO:0030040 sporangium base
PO:0025265 sporangium locule
PO:0030041 sporangium theca
PO:0025306 sporangium wall
PO:0025093 spore capsule annulus
PO:0025231 spore capsule columella
PO:0030017 spore capsule mouth
PO:0030044 spore capsule operculum
PO:0025229 spore capsule valve
PO:0006204 sporocyte

Parents of sporangium (PO:0025094)

subject	relation	object
sporangium	is_a	plant organ (PO:0009008)
sporangium	RO:0000056	sporophyte development stage (PO:0028002)

Children of sporangium (PO:0025094)

subject	relation	object
spore capsule valve (PO:0025229)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
megasporangium (PO:0025201)	is_a	sporangium
spore capsule columella (PO:0025231)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
archesporium (PO:0030074)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
sporangium wall (PO:0025306)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
microsporangium (PO:0025202)	is_a	sporangium
spore capsule operculum (PO:0030044)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
sporangium locule (PO:0025265)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
epiphragm (PO:0030054)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
archesporial cell (PO:0030056)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
sorus (PO:0025359)	BFO:0000051	sporangium
sporangium base (PO:0030040)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
sporocyte (PO:0006204)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
sporangium theca (PO:0030041)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
peristome (PO:0030042)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
spore capsule mouth (PO:0030017)	BFO:0000050	sporangium
spore capsule annulus (PO:0025093)	BFO:0000050	sporangium

PO_GIT: 257; 251