shoot axis branch 2010-07-01T04:21:46Z A shoot axis (PO:00025029) that develops from an axillary bud meristem (PO:0000232) or from equal divisions of a meristematic apical cell (PO:0030007). In vascular plants, branches arise from an axillary bud meristem (PO:0000232) and from divisions of the meristematic apical cell (PO:0030007) in non-vascular plants. PO:0025073 PO_GIT:134 branchlet (narrow) higher order axis (narrow) plant_anatomy ramificaci&#243n (Spanish, exact) rwalls secondary axis (narrow) shoot axis branch (exact) tertiary axis (narrow) twig (narrow) 枝 (Japanese, exact)