Ontologies
FOODON
FoodOn (FOODON)
OWL
Last submission date June 7, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0008018
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0008018
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/FOODON/PO_0008018
Loading
Preferred name

transition vascular leaf

Synonyms
hoja de transici&#243n (Spanish, exact) 維管束植物の幼葉と成熟葉の移行期の葉 (Japanese, exact)
Definitions
Many species have juvenile leaves at the base of the stem, adult leaves at the apex, and transition leaves in between. In maize, juvenile leaves are at the tip of the stalk (stem), which differentiates first, with adult leaves at the base, while other grasses may have other arrangements. Transition leaves may have mosaics of juvenile and adult tissues, as in Brachypodium. A vascular leaf that is part of an heteroblastic series, and is characterized by anatomical features that are intermediate between juvenile and adult leaves.
Subject Author Type Created
No notes to display