stem_vessel_density

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• Label: Stem xylem vessel density
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0013111
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A vascular tissue morphology trait [TO:0000470] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of the count [NCIT:C25463] of xylem vessels [PO:0025417] in a stem [PO:0009047] cross-section [NCIT:C63795] to stem cross-sectional area [PATO:0001323].;The ratio of the count of xylem vessels in a stem cross-section to stem cross-sectional area.
• Additional comments: None
• units: {count}/mm2
• allowable range: 0.4 - 2000 {count}/mm2

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0013111) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 1,039 records. This includes:

• data for 274 species.
• data for 57 families.
• data from 16 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)