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

- propagule size compared with the smaller spores of homosporous plants. Heterosporous plants, similar to anisosporic plants[clarification needed], produce...
- Lepidodendrales, and ferns, such as the Marsileaceae and Salviniaceae are heterosporous (two kinds of spores are produced).: 18  These plants produce both microspores...
- Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants. These plants have two spore types, megaspores and 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)...
- vascular cryptogams, all gymnosperms and all angiosperms. Plants with heterosporous life cycles using microspores and megaspores arose independently in...
- (spikemosses) and Isoetes (quillworts) are heterosporous, with female spores larger than the male. As they are heterosporous, the gametophyte of spikemosses and...
- (gamete-bearing phase) is relatively short-lived. Like all seed plants, they are heterosporous, having two spore types, microspores (male) and megaspores (female)...
- Salviniales (heterosporous)...