Term Information

Accession
PO:0025125
Name
antheridium
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
anteridio (Spanish, exact), antheridia (exact, plural), 造精器 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A multicellular plant gametangium (PO:0025124) that produces antheridium sperm cells (PO:0025120) and has as parts an antheridium jacket layer (PO:0030053) and an antheridium stalk (PO:0030035). Source: POC:curators
Comment
The antheridium (PO:0025125) occurs in bryophytes and pteridophytes, but never in gymnosperms or angiosperms, where male gametes are produced in the pollen (PO:0025281), a specialized (reduced) gametangium.
Subset
Pteridophytes
Bryophytes
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Parents of antheridium (PO:0025125)
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antheridium [is_a relation] is_a  multicellular plant gametangium (PO:0025124)
Children of antheridium (PO:0025125)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
antheridium stalk (PO:0030035) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  antheridium
antheridium head (PO:0030075) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  antheridium
antheridium sperm cell (PO:0025120) [RO:0001025 relation] RO:0001025  antheridium
antheridium microgametophyte (PO:0025283) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  antheridium
antheridium jacket layer (PO:0030053) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  antheridium
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