Ontologies
FLOPO
Flora Phenotype Ontology (FLOPO)
OWL
Last submission date September 6, 2019
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0000022
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0000022
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/FLOPO/PO_0000022
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Preferred name

plant cuticle

Synonyms
cut&#237cula (Spanish, exact) 植物クチクラ (Japanese, exact) cuticle (broad)
Definitions
The plant cuticle is produced in and secreted by epidermal cells (PO:0004013) of leaves (PO:0025034), stems (PO:0009047), fruits (PO:0009001), and other aerial plant structures. It has as parts an inner cuticle proper (PO:0025387) and an outer layer of epicuticular wax (PO:0025388). A portion of plant substance (PO:0025161) composed of cutin (PO:0025385), a polyester matrix of hydroxy- and hydroxy epoxy fatty acids C16 and C18 chains, embedded and overlayed with cuticular wax (PO:0025386) and forming a layer on the surface of a plant epidermis (PO:0005679).
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