Planteome: Term Details for "rhizoid" (PO:0030078)

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Accession: PO:0030078
Name: rhizoid
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: rizoide (Spanish, exact), 仮根 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A plant structure (PO:0009011) that is a uniseriate filament with positive geotropism that grows from an epidermis (PO:0005679) or protonema (PO:0030003). Source: ISBN:0962073342
Comment: May be unicellular or multicellular. Serves to anchor the plant to the substrate, and may function in nutrient and water uptake. Usually lacks chlorophyll. Includes epidermal rhizoids that grow from the epidermis of bryophytes and pteridophytes in the gametophytic phase or from the stems of some monocots, protonemal rhizoids that branch from a protonema, and rhizoids that develop from a basal cell of a gametophore bud.
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to rhizoid.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to rhizoid.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for rhizoid.
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0030078 rhizoid
PO:0030071 epidermal rhizoid
PO:0030079 protonemal rhizoid
PO:0030080 rhizoid meristematic apical cell

Parents of rhizoid (PO:0030078)

subject	relation	object
rhizoid	is_a	plant structure (PO:0009011)

Children of rhizoid (PO:0030078)

subject	relation	object
protonemal rhizoid (PO:0030079)	is_a	rhizoid
rhizoid meristematic apical cell (PO:0030080)	BFO:0000050	rhizoid
epidermal rhizoid (PO:0030071)	is_a	rhizoid

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