Planteome: Term Details for "mericarp" (PO:0020075)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0020075
Name: mericarp
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: mericarpo (Spanish, exact), 分果 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cardinal part of multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025498) which is one carpellate unit of a schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098) consisting of pericarp (PO:0009084) and one or more seeds (PO:0009010). Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, NYBG:Dario_Cavaliere, NYBG:Brandon_Sinn
Comment: A mericarp develops from one carpel of a syncarpous gynoecium. The pericarp of each carpel are fused together until maturity, at which point the carpellate units separate from one another.
Subset: None
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0025496 multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0009001 fruit
PO:0025498 cardinal part of multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0030098 schizocarp fruit
PO:0020075 mericarp

Parents of mericarp (PO:0020075)

subject	relation	object
mericarp	BFO:0000050	schizocarp fruit (PO:0030098)
mericarp	is_a	cardinal part of multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025498)

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PO_GIT: 654