Planteome: Term Details for "growth ring" (PO:0004514)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0004514
Name: growth ring
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: anillo de crecimiento (Spanish, exact), growth layer (exact), 年輪（＝annual ring) (Japanese, exact), annual ring (narrow), false annual ring (narrow), tree ring (narrow)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A portion of secondary xylem (PO:0005848) that has as parts a single layer of early wood (PO:0004515) and a single layer of late wood (PO:0004516) from the same growth season and is part of a shoot axis (PO:0025029) or root (PO:0009005). Source: POC:curators, ISBN:0471245208
Comment: Appears as a ring in a transverse section of plant axis (PO:0025004). May be an annual ring (one growth ring per year) or a false annual ring (more or less than one growth ring per year).
Subset: TraitNet
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