New terms and obsolete terms-April 2012 Release

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New terms:PDSO

life of whole plant (PO:0025337)

collective plant structure development stage (PO:0025338)

plant organ development stage (PO:0025339)

gametophyte vegetative development stage (PO:0025340)

gametophyte reproductive development stage (PO:0025341)

gametophyte dormant stage (PO:0025342)

gametophyte senescent stage (PO:0025343)

gametophore reproductive whole plant development stage (PO:0025344)

gametophore vegetative whole plant development stage (PO:0025345)

thallus reproductive whole plant development stage (PO:0025346)

thallus vegetative whole plant development stage (PO:0025347)

spore germination stage (PO:0025348)

trichome development stage (PO:0025368)

seed trichome development stage (PO:0025369)

seed trichome initiation stage (PO:0025370)

seed trichome elongation stage (PO:0025371)

seed trichome secondary wall biosynthesis stage (PO:0025372)

seed trichome maturation stage (PO:0025373)

New terms:PAO

palea awn (PO:0025350)

glume awn (PO:0025351)

tubercle (PO:0025352)

areole (PO:0025353)

cladode (PO:0025354)

corm (PO:0025355)

bulb (PO:0025356)

pneumatophore (PO:0025357)

pneumatorhiza (PO:0025358)

sorus (PO:0025359)

coenosorus (PO:0025360)

leaf tendril (PO:0025361)

leaflet tendril (PO:0025362)

leaf apex tendril (PO:0025363)

branch tendril (PO:0025364)

stem apex tendril (PO:0025365)

leaf rachis tendril (PO:0025366)

prophyll tendril (PO:0025367)

Renamed terms

whole plant growth stage (PO:0007033) > whole plant development stage

gametophyte phase (PO:0028003) > gamethophyte development stage

sporophyte phase (PO:0028002) > sporophyte development stage

A vegetative growth (PO:0007134) > sporophyte vegetative development stage

B reproductive growth (PO:0007130) > sporophyte reproductive development stage

C senescence (PO:0007017) > sporophyte senscent stage

D dormancy (PO:0007132) > sporophyte vegetative dormant stage

protonema phase (PO:0030006) > protonema whole plant development stage

awn (PO:0006032) > lemma awn

New synonyms

This is only to highlight synonyms that are substantially different than the primary term name (e.g., cone as a synonym of strobilus).

Merged terms

plant structure development stage (PO:0007021) into plant growth and development stage (PO:0009012) -- plant structure development stage is primary name

Other Changes:

Moved leaf trichome development stage (PO:0007039) to be is_a trichome development stage. new def'n: A trichome development stage that has as primary participant a leaf trichome. (POC:Curators)

Modified def'n: seed trichome: (PO:0004511): A trichome that develops from seed coat epidermis.