Definition of Sporophytes. Meaning of Sporophytes. Synonyms of Sporophytes

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Definition of Sporophytes

Sporophyte
Sporophyte Spo"ro*phyte, n. [Spore + Gr. ? plant.] (Bot.) In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants. -- Spo`ro*phyt"ic, a.

Meaning of Sporophytes from wikipedia

- some species the gametophytes and sporophytes are morphologically similar (isomorphic). An independent sporophyte is the dominant form in all clubmosses...
- have diploid sporophytes and haploid gametophytes which are externally indistinguishable. No living land plant has equally dominant sporophytes and gametophytes...
- sperm and eggs which fuse to form diploid zygotes that grow into sporophytes. Sporophytes produce haploid spores by meiosis, that grow into gametophytes...
- are polysporangiophytes, their sporophytes branching and producing many sporangia. Also unlike bryophytes, fern sporophytes are free-living and only briefly...
- forming this ridge, with the stream on top. Moss with sporophytes on brick Young sporophytes of the common moss Tortula muralis (wall ****-moss) Retaining...
- groups share a haploid-dominant (gametophyte) life cycle and unbranched sporophytes (the plant's diploid generation). These traits appear to be common to...
- haploid gametophytes, while seeds germinate to give rise to diploid sporophytes. Vascular plant spores are always haploid. Vascular plants are either...
- These species are said to be dioecious when referring to vascular plant sporophytes and dioicous when referring to bryophyte gametophytes. Charles Darwin...
- produced by the sporophyte's stamens, and the female gametophytes develop within ovules produced by the sporophyte's carpels. The sporophyte generation of...
- sticky, suggesting it was carried by insects. Ferns produce large diploid sporophytes with rhizomes, roots and leaves. Fertile leaves produce sporangia that...