archegonium
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Fig. 43 Archegonium . Mature archegonium of Marchantia (Hepaticae).
archegonium
(pl. archegonia) the female sex organ of BRYOPHYTA, PTERIDOPHYTES and most GYMNOSPERMS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Following pollination, the pollen grain germinates and produces a pollen tube, which delivers the sperm directly to the
archegonium.
6 and 7) with the proximal end still attached to the
archegonium wall and the distal end attached to the radicle (Figs.
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