cotyledon_position

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• Label: Cotyledon position at germination
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0010112
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A plant embryo morphology trait [TO:0000064] which indicates if the cotyledons [PO:0020030] emerge from the seed coat [PO:0009088] at germination [GO:0009845].;Binary variable distinguishing between seedlings where the cotyledon remains within the seed coat versus emerges from the seed coat at germination.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  cryptocotylar	A type of seed germination in which the cotyledons remain within the seed coat at germination.
  phanerocotylar	A type of seed germination in which the cotyledons emerge from the seed coat.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0010112) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 1,921 records. This includes:

• data for 1,774 species.
• data for 136 families.
• data from 2 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)