seed_surface_hairs

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• Label: Seed surface hairs
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012619
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A seed morphology trait [TO:0000184] which is the presence or absence of trichomes [PO:0006504] on the surface [NCIT:C25245] of a mature [PATO:0001701] seed [PO:0009010].;Surface hairiness of a mature seed, including vestiture (trichome cover) and bristles.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  glabrous	Seed surface lacks trichomes or bristles.
  hairs	Seed surface with trichomes or bristles.
  hairs_branched	Seed surface with branched trichomes or bristles.(Synonyms, stellate, plumose)
  hairs_simple	Seed surface with simple trichomes or bristles. (Synonyms, tomentose, velutinous, velvety, sericeous)

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012619) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 971 records. This includes:

• data for 758 species.
• data for 49 families.
• data from 8 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)