Definition of Heterosporous. Meaning of Heterosporous. Synonyms of Heterosporous

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Definition of Heterosporous

Heterosporous
Heterosporic Het`er*o*spor"ic, Heterosporous Het`er*o*spor"ous, a. [Hetero- + spore.] (Bot.) Producing two kinds of spores unlike each other.

Meaning of Heterosporous from wikipedia

- the timing of **** differentiation. Four extant groups of plants are heterosporous; Selaginella, Isoetes, Salviniales and seed plants. Heterospory evolved...
- Lepidodendrales, and ferns, such as the Marsileaceae and Salviniaceae are heterosporous (two kinds of spores are produced).: 18  These plants produce both microspores...
- bears sporangia. Both microphylls and megaphylls can be sporophylls. In heterosporous plants, sporophylls (whether they are microphylls or megaphylls) bear...
- homosporous (or isosporous) or heterosporous. Plants that are homosporous produce spores of the same size and type. Heterosporous plants, such as seed plants...
- specialized into separate male and female organisms (dioicous). In heterosporous vascular plants (plants that produce both microspores and megaspores)...
- Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants. These plants have two spore types, megaspores and microspores...
- reproduction of the individual and the species. All flowering plants are heterosporous, that is, every individual plant produces two types of spores. Microspores...
- Salviniales (heterosporous)...
- Salviniaceae (/sælˌvɪniˈeɪsiˌiː/), is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales. The Salviniaceae contain the two genera Azolla and Salvinia...
- Marsileaceae (/mɑːrˌsɪliˈeɪsi.iː/) is a small family of heterosporous aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns, though at first sight they do not physically resemble...