Initial cells are often part of a portion of tissue that is composed mostly of somewhat older, differentiating cells. The division of an initial cell is often uneven, with the smaller daughter cell remaining meristematic.

A meristematic cell (PO:0004010) that by division gives rise to two cells, one of which remains meristematic, while the other is added to the plant body.

PO:0000070

c&#233lula inicial (Spanish, exact)

meristemoid (exact)

始原細胞 (Japanese, exact)

initial (exact)

plant_anatomy

stem cell (related)

PO:0004011