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STOMATAL COMPLEX [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
CONT

The pore, guard cells, and subsidiary cells collectively are referred to as the stomatal apparatus or stomatal complex.

OBS

In practical usage, the term stomata applies to the entire stomatal apparatus, including the guard cells.

OBS

stoma: singular.

Key term(s)
  • stoma

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Quand les cellules stomatiques sont entourées par des cellules annexes, on parle d'appareil stomatique.

OBS

stomates : ce terme désigne aussi l'ensemble de l'appareil stomatique (cellules de garde et ostiole).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

[Complejo que] incluye el estoma junto con sus células oclusivas y, cuando están presentes, células anexas relacionadas.

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Record 2 1996-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Botany
DEF

A large intercellular space in a leaf into which a stoma opens.

CONT

What determines where a leaf will grow?... How does such a complex biochemical power station, with its infrastructure of pipes(veins), ducts(air spaces) and vents(stomatal pores), emerge from an apparently featureless nub of a hundred or so cells?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Botanique
DEF

cavités intercellulaires de formes diverses, qui servent à l'aération interne du corps végétal.

CONT

chambre sous-stomatique d'un stomate.

Spanish

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