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root cortex
Term Information
Accession
PO:0000258
Name
root cortex
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
cortex de la raíz (Spanish, exact), portion of root cortex tissue (exact), 根皮層 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
PO:0003010
Definition
A portion of cortex (PO:0005708) that is part of a root (PO:0009005).
Source:
POC:curators,
ISBN:047125208
Comment
In dicots and gymnosperms, the cortex consists of mainly parenchyma cells. In monocots sclerenchyma develops in addition to parenchyma.
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