Planteome: Term Details for "cuticular wax" (PO:0025386)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0025386
Name: cuticular wax
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: cera cuticular (Spanish, exact), クチクラワックス (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A portion of plant substance (PO:0025161) comprised predominantly of very long chain aliphatic lipids and is part of a plant cuticle (PO:0000022). Source: PMID:12467640, PO_Ref:00010
Comment: Also includes triterpenoids and minor secondary metabolites, such as sterols and flavonoids. May be embedded within or external to the layer of cutin of the cuticle proper. Phenotypically, wax is distinguished as the glaucous or whitish bloom on a part of a plant shoot system that corresponds to crystalloid epicuticular wax with light scattering capacity.
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to cuticular wax.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to cuticular wax.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for cuticular wax.
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0025161 portion of plant substance
PO:0000022 plant cuticle
PO:0025386 cuticular wax
PO:0025388 epicuticular wax
PO:0025389 intercuticular wax

Parents of cuticular wax (PO:0025386)

subject	relation	object
cuticular wax	BFO:0000050	plant cuticle (PO:0000022)
cuticular wax	is_a	portion of plant substance (PO:0025161)

Children of cuticular wax (PO:0025386)

subject	relation	object
epicuticular wax (PO:0025388)	is_a	cuticular wax
intercuticular wax (PO:0025389)	is_a	cuticular wax

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