Definition of Sporangia. Meaning of Sporangia. Synonyms of Sporangia

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Definition of Sporangia

Sporangia
Sporangium Spo*ran"gi*um, n.; pl. Sporangia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a sowing, seed + ? a receptacle.] (Bot.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.

Meaning of Sporangia from wikipedia

- Ancient Gr**** σπορά (sporá) 'seed' and ἀγγεῖον (angeîon) 'vessel'); pl.: sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single...
- A sorus (pl.: sori) is a cluster of sporangia (structures producing and containing spores) in ferns and fungi. A coenosorus (pl.: coenosori) is a compound...
- reproduction, spores are produced inside a spherical structure, the sporangium. Sporangia are supported by a large apophysate columella atop a long stalk, the sporangiop****...
- strobili) is a structure present on many land plant species consisting of sporangia-bearing structures densely aggregated along a stem. Strobili are often...
- : 409  A****ual reproduction involves the formation of chlamydospores and sporangia, producing motile zoospores. Oomycetes occupy both saprophytic and pathogenic...
- In botany, a sporophyll is a leaf that bears sporangia. Both microphylls and megaphylls can be sporophylls. In heterosporous plants, sporophylls (whether...
- fruits in clusters on dead wood, and has distinctive tall reddish-brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks. The species was first described as Trichia...
- naked aerial axes ("stems") with terminal spore-bearing structures (sporangia).: 227  The rhyniophytes are considered to be stem group tracheophytes...
- Yunnan, China. Plants lacked leaves or true roots; spore-forming organs or sporangia were borne on the ends of branched clusters. It is significantly more...
- -- such as a single fleshy or amorphous leaf. Fern fronds often bear sporangia, where the plant's spores are formed, usually on the underside (abaxial...