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What is a tapetum?

What is a tapetum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A membranous layer of tissue
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Deer also have a tapetum lucidum, which gives them sufficiently good night vision.
Parietal tapetum cells keep their individuality and position lining the locules throughout their entire life cycle.
These animals typically contain abundant populations of rods in their retinas, which are often found in conjunction with a retinal tapetum.
The tapetum lucidum is found in Ungulata, cetacea and Carnivora.
The tapetum degenerates earlier than usual, resulting in high pollen sterility, and anther indehiscence occurs when pollen stainability falls below 20 percent.
At the stage of tetrad, the anther wall was composed of epidermis, endothecium and tapetum.

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