Planteome: Term Details for "antheridium" (PO:0025125)

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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subject	relation	object
antheridium	is_a	multicellular plant gametangium (PO:0025124)

subject	relation	object
antheridium stalk (PO:0030035)	BFO:0000050	antheridium
antheridium microgametophyte (PO:0025283)	BFO:0000051	antheridium
antheridium head (PO:0030075)	BFO:0000051	antheridium
antheridium jacket layer (PO:0030053)	BFO:0000050	antheridium
antheridium sperm cell (PO:0025120)	RO:0001025	antheridium