cotyledon_function

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• Label: Cotyledon function
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0010111
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A plant embryo morphology trait [TO:0000064] which indicates if the cotyledons [PO:0020030] have a photosynthesis [GO:0015979] or energy [PATO:0001021] storage [OBI:0302893] function [NCIT:C25518].;Binary variable distinguishing between cotyledons that function as leaves and can photosynthesise versus ones that function as energy reserve organs.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  foliaceous	Cotyledons are photosynthetic and function as leaves.
  reserve	Cotyledons function as energy reserve organs.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0010111) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 199 records. This includes:

• data for 199 species.
• data for 61 families.
• data from 1 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)