Planteome: Term Details for "epiphragm" (PO:0030054)

Accession: PO:0030054
Name: epiphragm
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: epifragma (Spanish, exact), epiphram (exact), tympanum (exact), 冬蓋 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A portion of parenchyma tissue that forms a circular membrane extending from a spore capsule columella and attached to the ends of the peristome teeth that covers a spore capsule mouth. Source: ISBN:0962073342
Comment: Present in some moss species of the family Polytrichaceae.
Subset: Arabidopsis; Bryophytes
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subject	relation	object
epiphragm	is_a	parenchyma (PO:0005421)
epiphragm	BFO:0000050	sporangium (PO:0025094)

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