Definition of Sporophyte. Meaning of Sporophyte. Synonyms of Sporophyte

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Definition of Sporophyte

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 Sporophyte from wikipedia

- A sporophyte (/ˈspɔːr.əˌfaɪt/[citation needed]) is the diploid multicellular stage in the life cycle of a plant or alga which produces a****ual spores....
- gametophytealternates with a diploid a****ual phase – the sporophyte. A mature sporophyte produces haploid spores by meiosis, a process which reduces...
- conduct water and nutrients and in having life cycles in which the branched sporophyte is the dominant phase. Ferns have complex leaves called megaphylls, that...
- life cycles are dominated by a multicellular gametophyte stage Their sporophytes are unbranched They do not have a true vascular tissue containing lignin...
- produced by the sporophyte's stamens, and the female gametophytes develop within ovules produced by the sporophyte's carpels. The sporophyte generation of...
- unicellular and are produced by meiosis in the sporangium of a diploid sporophyte. In some rare cases, diploid spore is also produced in some algae, or...
- multicellular organism, the second stage in the life cycle known as the sporophyte. The sporophyte can produce haploid spores by meiosis that on germination produce...
- vascular plants. Mosses do not have seeds and after fertilisation develop sporophytes with unbranched stalks topped with single capsules containing spores...
- diploid phase or generation. In plants, the diploid phase, known as the sporophyte, produces spores by meiosis. These spores then germinate and divide by...
- carposporophyte, which forms carpospores, which develops into the sporophyte. The sporophyte then undergoes meiosis to produce haploid tetraspores (which can...