CDER DATA STANDARDS MANUAL |
FDA Data Element Number. Not yet assigned.
CDER Data Element Number. C-DRG-00924
Version Number. 002
Data Element Name. Plant Part
Description. This standard provides for all common plant parts and some fungi parts. These common plant and fungi parts are used in the CDER Special Products On-line Tracking System, and in the FDA Substance Registration System.
Source. CDER Botanical Review Committee
Relationship.
FDA Specifications. See CDER Specifications.
CDER Specifications. Plant Part shall consist of an alphabetic term which has a maximum length restricted to 100 characters, with the comma and hyphen being the only punctuation permissible. Codes representing these plant and fungi parts shall consist of up to three numbers. A column for the Latin equivalent plant and fungi part has been added to the list of terms. This column will help non-botanists differentiate plant and fungi parts that are written in Latin from the Latin binomial for the genus and species. It will also help users select the correct English translation of that term when only the Latin term is present. However, the plant and fungi part names that are expressed herein in Latin will not become part of either the SPOTS or SRS databases.
FDA Approved Date. April 19, 2005.
CDER Approved Date. April 19, 2005
FDA Revised Date.
CDER Revised Date. March 29, 2006
Data Values.
PLANT PART | LATIN EQUIVALENT | DESCRIPTION | FDA CODE |
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Anther | Anthera | The pollen bearing portion of a stamen. | 001 |
Bark | Cortex | A non-technical term applied to all tissues outside the vascular cambium in woody root, stem, or branch. | 002 |
Bark, root | Cortex Radix | A non-technical term applied to all tissues outside the vascular cambium in a woody root. | 060 |
Bark, stem | Cortex Caulis | A non-technical term applied to all tissues outside the vascular cambium in a woody stem. | 061 |
Berry | Bacca | A simple fleshy fruit that includes a fleshy ovary wall and one or more carpels and seeds. | 003 |
Blade | Lamina | The expanded, thin structure on either side of the midrib of a leaf. The blade is usually the largest and most conspicuous part; excludes the petiole and the stalk, which see elsewhere. | 004 |
Bract | Bractea | A specialized leaf or leaf-like part usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence. | 005 |
Branch | Ramus | A stem which is more than one year old and typically has lateral stems. | 006 |
Bud | Gemma | An undeveloped shoot from which embryonic leaves or flower parts arise. | 007 |
Bulb | Bulbus | A short, underground bud-like stem covered by enlarged and fleshy scales containing stored food. | 008 |
Callus | Callus | Undifferentiated tissue; a term used in tissue culture, grafting, and wound healing. | 009 |
Calyx | Calyx | The outermost part of the flower, usually green and formed of several divisions (sepals) that protect the bud. | 010 |
Cane | Caulis medullosus | A long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem that usually lives only one or two years. | 011 |
Corm | Cormus | A solid, swollen stem whose scales have been reduced to a dry, leaf-like covering. | 012 |
Corolla | Corolla | The petals collectively; usually the conspicuously colored flower whorl. | 013 |
Crown | Truncus ad basim | A region of compressed stem tissue from which new shoots are produced, generally found near the surface of the soil where the root of a seed plant joins the stem. | 015 |
Cuticle | Cuticula | Waxy or fatty layer on outer wall of epidermal cells formed of cutin and wax. | 016 |
Endocarp | Endocarpium | The innermost layer of the mature ovary wall. | 017 |
Exocarp | Exocarpium | The outermost layer of the mature ovary wall. | 018 |
Fascicle | Fasciculus | A close cluster, as of flowers or leaves. | 019 |
Fiber | Fibra | An elongated, tapering, generally thick-walled sclerenchyma cell of vascular plants; its walls may or may not be lignified. | 020 |
Flower | Flos | The reproductive structure of a tree or other plant, consisting of at least one pistil or stamen, and often including petals and sepals. | 022 |
Flower bud | Alabastrum | A short stem with embryonic flower parts. | 021 |
Fruit | Fructus | A structure consisting of the fertilized and mature ovules ("seeds") and the ovary wall, which may be fleshy (as in the apple) or dry and hard (as in a maple fruit. | 023 |
Fruit, immature | Fructus immaturus | A structure consisting of the fertilized and immature ovules ("seeds") and the ovary wall, which may be fleshy (as in the apple) or dry and hard (as in a maple fruit). | 062 |
Gall | Galla | The swelling of plant tissue due to parasitic fungi, insect parasites, or other biological, chemical or mechanical injuries. | 024 |
Inflorescence | Inflorescentia | A flower or flower cluster with a definite arrangement, including the bracts, when present. | 025 |
Leaf bud | Folium | A structure composed of a short stem with embryonic leaves, with bud primordial in the axils and at the apex. | 026 |
Mesocarp | Mesocarpium | The middle layer of the fruit wall that develops from the mature ovary wall. | 027 |
Mycelium | Mycelium | The mass of interwoven filamentous hyphae that forms especially the vegetative portion of the thallus of a fungus. | 028 |
Node | Nodus | An area of great cellular activity and growth, where auxiliary buds develop into leaves or flowers. | 029 |
Nodule | Nodulus | An enlargement or swelling on the roots of legumes and certain other plants inhabited by symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. | 030 |
Nut | Nux | A dry, indehiscent, hard, one-seeded simple fruit, generally produced from a gynoecium of more than one fused carpel. | 031 |
Oil | Oleum | The organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups that are produced by a plant, or any of its component parts, that are generally slippery, combustible, liquid or liquefiable at room temperatures, soluble in various organic solvents such as ether but not in water. | 068 |
Peduncle | Pedunculus | The stalk of an inflorescence or of a solitary flower. | 032 |
Pericarp | Pericarpium | The fruit wall which develops from the mature ovary wall. | 033 |
Petal | Petalum | The highly colored portion of the flower. It may contain perfume as well as nectar glands. The petals collectively are called the corolla. | 034 |
Petiole | Petiolus | The stalk which supports the leaf blade. | 035 |
Pistil | Pistillum | The centrally-located (usually) female portion (gyneceum) of a flower. | 036 |
Pith | Medulla | The ground tissue occupying the center of the stem or root within the vascular cylinder; usually consists of parenchyma. | 037 |
Pith, root | Medulla Radix | The ground tissue occupying the center of the root within the vascular cylinder; usually consists of parenchyma. | 064 |
Pith, stem | Medulla Caulis | The ground tissue occupying the center of the stem within the vascular cylinder; usually consists of parenchyma. | 063 |
Plant, aerial part | Planta (Herba) absque Radix | All the component parts of a plant that appear above the roots. | 067 |
Plant, whole | Planta (Herba) | All of the component parts of a plant, whether above or below the roots. | 066 |
Pollen | Pollen | The male genetic material of a seed plant contained in the anther, usually appearing as fine grains or dust. | 038 |
Receptacle | Receptaculum | That part of the axis of a flower stalk that bears the floral organs. | 039 |
Resin | Resina | Any of various solid or semisolid, amorphous, fusible, flammable, natural organic plant secretions that are usually transparent or translucent. It is typically colored yellowish to brown and is soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water. | 040 |
Rhizome | Rhizoma | A specialized stem which grows horizontally at or just below the soil surface. | 041 |
Root | Radix | The underground (typically) part of a seed plant body that usually originates from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage as well as a means of anchor and support. It differs from a stem by lacking nodes, buds, and leaves. | 042 |
Sap | Secretio | The fluid contents of the xylem or the sieve elements of the phloem. | 043 |
Sclerotium | Sclerotium | A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that in some higher fungi becomes detached and remains dormant until a favorable opportunity for growth occurs. | 044 |
Seed | Semen | The fertilized ovule of a gymnosperm or angiosperm. | 045 |
Seed, without shell | Semen absque Testa | The fertilized ovule of a gymnosperm or angiosperm, without the shell. | 065 |
Sepal | Sepalum | Small green, leaf-like structures on the base of the flower, which protect the flower bud. | 046 |
Shoot | Surculus | A young stem with leaves present. | 047 |
Silk | Stylus Sericeus | The styles (the filamentous structure of a flower that supports the pollen-containing anthers) on an ear of corn. | 048 |
Spore | Spora | A reproductive cell (usually unicellular) capable of developing into an adult without fusion with another cell. | 049 |
Spur | Ramulus Fructiferus | A compressed fruiting branch. Spurs are short, stubby, side stems that arise from the main stem where they may bear fruit; they are common on fruit (pear, apple, cherry) trees. | 050 |
Stalk | Caulis Principalis | The main stem of an herbaceous plant often with its dependent parts. | 051 |
Stamen | Stamen | The male reproductive organ. It consists of a pollen sac (anther) and a long supporting filament. | 052 |
Stem | Caulis | A structure, whether above or below ground, that supports buds and leaves and serves as a conduit for carrying water, minerals, and sugars. | 053 |
Stem, woody | Lignum | A structure that contains relatively large amounts of hardened xylem tissue in its core. | 054 |
Stolon | Stolo | A horizontal stem that is fleshy or semi-woody and lies along the top of the ground. | 055 |
Thallus | Thallus | A simple vegetative plant body undifferentiated into true root, stem and leaves; commonly used in reference to nonvascular plants, algae, lichens, and liverworts. | 056 |
Trunk | Truncus | The main stem of a woody plant. | 057 |
Tuber | Tuber | An enlarged portion of an underground stem (e.g., potato tubers, tulip bulbs, and iris rhizomes) that store food for the plant. | 058 |
Twig | Ramunculus | The end subdivision of a branch; a young, leafless shoot, generally applied to the growth of the past season. | 059 |