Goal 1. Anatomical Entities

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1. Review existing anatomy/morphology terms and definitions

Cell types related to wood

tracheary elements

• tracheary element (PO:0000290)
• tracheid (PO:0000301)
• vessel member (PO:0002003)

fiber cells

• sclerenchyma cell (PO:0000077) - parent term
• fiber cell (PO:0025407)
• phloem fiber cell (PO:0004519)
• xylem fiber cell (PO:0000274)
• libriform fiber cell (PO:0004520)
• fiber tracheid (PO:0000355)
• gelatious fiber cell (PO:0025422)

sieve elements (PO:0025406)

• sieve cell (PO:0025415)
• sieve tube member (PO:0000289)

New terms for GO

These subcellular components have been added to GO:

• GO:0097217 sieve area
• GO:0097218 sieve plate
• GO:0097219 compound sieve plate
• GO:0097220 simple sieve plate
• perforation plate (requested)

initial cells (PO:0004011)

• cambial initial
• fusiform initial (PO:0000079) (syn.: xylem initial, xylem mother cell)
• ray initial (PO:0000082)
• phloem mother cell (PO:0000400)

wood parenchyma cells (PO:0004525)

• axial wood parenchyma cell (PO:0004526)
• ray wood parenchyma cell(PO:0004527)
• procumbent ray wood parenchyma cell (PO:0004529)
• upright ray wood parenchyma cell (PO:0004528)
• sheath cell (PO:0004531)
• tile cell (PO:0004530)

• companion cell (PO:0000071)
• albuminous cell (PO:0025412)

Tissue types related to wood

portion of vascular tissue (PO:0009015)

xylem (PO:0005352)

• vessel (PO:0025417)

• primary xylem (PO:0005849)
• protoxylem (PO:0000272)
• metaxylem (PO:0000372)

• secondary xylem (PO:0005848)
• heartwood (PO:0004512)
• sapwood (PO:0004513)
• growth ring (PO:0004514)
• early wood (PO:0004515)
• late wood (PO:0004516)

• growth ring boundary (PO:0004517)

phloem (PO:0005417)

• sieve tube (PO:0025416)

• primary phloem (PO:0006075)
• protophloem (PO:0006077)
• metaphloem (PO:0006076)
• internal phloem (PO:0006216)

• secondary phloem (PO:0005043)
• included phloem (PO:0004524)

wood parenchyma (PO:0004532)

• axial wood parenchyma (PO:0004533)
• ray wood parenchyma (PO:0004534)

lateral meristem (PO:0020145)

• cambium (PO:0005597)
• cork cambium (PO:0005599)
• vascular cambium (PO:0005598)

systems

• vascular system (PO:0000034) is_a plant structure
• axial system (PO:0025410)
• ray system (PO:0025411)

2. Develop list of anatomy/morphology terms that are missing

Do we need only wood-related terms, or other terms for woody plants?

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