seedling_first_node_leaf_type

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• Label: Seedling first true leaf type
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0010160
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A plant embryo true leaf formation stage [PO:0001095] morphology trait which is whether the leaf [PO:0025034] at the first stem node [PO:0020141] above the epicotyl [PO:0020035] in a true leaf or a scale leaf.;Binary variable distinguishing between seedlings where the first leaf is scale-like (cataphyll) versus leaf-like.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  leaf-like	The leaf at the first stem node above the epicotyl is leaf-like (broad).
  scale-like	The leaf at the first stem node above the epicotyl is scale-like, also referred to as a cataphyll.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0010160) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 936 records. This includes:

• data for 926 species.
• data for 97 families.
• data from 1 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)