Planteome: Term Details for "metaphloem" (PO:0006076)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0006076
Name: metaphloem
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: metafloema (Spanish, exact), portion of metaphloem tissue (exact), 後生師部 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A portion of primary phloem (PO:0006075) tissue that has as parts companion cells (PO:0000071, in angiosperms) or albuminous cells (PO:0025412, in gymnosperms) associated with the sieve elements (PO:0025406) and that develops after the protophloem (PO:0006077). Source: ISBN:0471245194, POC:curators
Comment: Metaphloem develops after a portion of vascular tissue (PO:0009015) has stopped elongating, in the same location as the protophloem, replacing the protophloem. Sieve elements in the metaphloem are larger than in the protophloem. Develops before the secondary phloem, if any is formed.
Subset: None
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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:0009007 portion of plant tissue
PO:0009015 portion of vascular tissue
PO:0005417 phloem
PO:0006075 primary phloem
PO:0006076 metaphloem

Parents of metaphloem (PO:0006076)

subject	relation	object
metaphloem	is_a	primary phloem (PO:0006075)

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PO_GIT: 433