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sporophyte

/spawr-uh-fahyt, spohr-/US // ˈspɔr əˌfaɪt, ˈspoʊr- //UK // (ˈspɔːrəʊˌfaɪt, ˈspɒ-) //

孢子体,有孢子体,配子体,孢子植物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : the form of a plant in the alternation of generations that produces asexual spores.

Examples

  • H, Sporophyte bearing the single sporangium on its upper surface.

  • The sporophyte may be considered to begin at the stage of nuclear association and end with the nuclear reduction in the basidium.

  • In contrast to the sexual generation this stage is called the spore-bearing generation (sporogonium, sporophyte).

  • Thus in Pellia the nuclei of the gametophyte have eight chromosomes and those of the sporophyte sixteen.