Term Information

Accession
PO:0030073
Name
exothecium
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
epithecium (exact), exotecio (Spanish, exact), sporangium epidermis (exact), sporangium wall exothecium (exact), 葯の表皮(外膜) (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A portion of plant epidermis (PO:0005679) that is the outermost layer of a sporangium wall (PO:0025306). Source: ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:9780003686647
Comment
Develops from the outermost layer of an amphithecium in bryophytes.
Subset
None
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Parents of exothecium (PO:0030073)
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exothecium [is_a relation] is_a  plant epidermis (PO:0005679)
exothecium [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  sporangium wall (PO:0025306)
Children of exothecium (PO:0030073)
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sporangium wall endothecium (PO:0030049) [RO:0002220 relation] RO:0002220  exothecium
microsporangium exothecium (PO:0025311) [is_a relation] is_a  exothecium
megasporangium exothecium (PO:0025312) [is_a relation] is_a  exothecium
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