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cuticular wax

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
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Parents of cuticular wax (PO:0025386)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cuticular wax [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  plant cuticle (PO:0000022)
cuticular wax [is_a relation] is_a  portion of plant substance (PO:0025161)
Children of cuticular wax (PO:0025386)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
epicuticular wax (PO:0025388) [is_a relation] is_a  cuticular wax
intercuticular wax (PO:0025389) [is_a relation] is_a  cuticular wax
PO_GIT
416