seed_surface_texture

Label: Seed surface texture
Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012620
Type: categorical
Definition: A seed morphology trait [TO:0000184] which is the texture [PATO:0000150] of the surface [NCIT:C25245] of a mature [PATO:0001701] seed [PO:0009010].;Surface texture of a mature seed, including descriptions of configuration (overall surface patterns of the epidermal cells) and epidermal excrescence (surface patterns caused by structural outgrowths of the epidermis).
Additional comments: This trait does not include values that capture seed appendages; see the trait `dispersal_appendages` for descriptions of seed appendages.

Allowed values:

value	description
bumpy	Seed surface covered with minute, rounded protuberances. (Synonyms, colliculate, verrucate, papillate, tuberculate, undulate)
grooved	Seed surface covered with grooves.
netted	Seed surface covered with raised, reticulate, interconnected ridges. (Synonyms, reticulate, honey-combed)
papery	Seed surface with a thin and papery texture. (Synonyms, chartaceous)
pitted	Seed surface pitted. (Synonyms, foveolate, foveate, dimpled, punctate, lacunose)
ribbed	Seed surface with longitudinal raised ribs or ridges. (Synonyms, costate, carinate, lineate, fluted, striate, strigose, lineolate, scalariform, ridged)
rough	Seed surface rough with no organisation of markings, resembling sandpaper. (Synonyms, scabrous)
scaly	Seed surface rough with loose scales differing in direction or not parallel in direction. (Synonyms, scurfy, squarrose)
smooth	Seed surface smooth, lacking texture. (Synonyms, glabrous)
spiny	Seed surface with spines. (Synonyms, echinulate)
wrinkled	Seed surface with a wrinkled, rugose texture. (Synonyms, rugose, rugulose, bullate)

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012620) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 5,292 records. This includes: