Planteome: Term Details for "secondary thickening meristem" (PO:0025414)

Accession: PO:0025414
Name: secondary thickening meristem
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: STM (exact), meristema de engrosamiento secundario (Spanish, exact), 二次肥厚分裂組織 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A lateral meristem (PO:0020145) that is not contiguous with an apical meristem (PO:0020144) and has a parts multiple layers of meristematic cells (PO:0004010). Source: JSTOR:2471543, JSTOR:4354165, ISBN:0080374903
Comment: Contributes mainly to formation of the body of a stem (PO:0009047), but may also produce adventitious (shoot-borne) roots (PO:0000042) and may also be found in the roots (PO:0009005) of some species. May be continuous or discontinuous with the primary thickening meristem (PO:0005039). Found in some monocot species of the Liliales and Asperigales.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
secondary thickening meristem	is_a	lateral meristem (PO:0020145)

subject	relation	object
root secondary thickening meristem (PO:0025443)	is_a	secondary thickening meristem
stem secondary thickening meristem (PO:0025442)	is_a	secondary thickening meristem