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sporangium
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sporangium /spo·ran·gi·um/ (spah-ran´je-um) pl. sporan´gia   any encystment containing spores or sporelike bodies, as in certain fungi.
spo·ran·gi·um (sp-rnj-m)
n. pl. spo·ran·gi·a (-j-)
A cell within a fungus in which asexual spores are produced by progressive cleavage.
spo·rangi·al (-j-l) adj.
sporangium
any cyst which contains spores or spore-like bodies.
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2c-g, 3g) and the base of each microsporangium becomes papillose (Fig.
A floral ontogenetic approach to questions of homology within the ... by Vrijdaghs, A.; Muasya, A.M.; Goetghebeur, P.; Caris, P.; Nagels, A.; Smets, E. / The Botanical Review
Because so many meiotic events occur in the microsporangium and because each sporangium contains only microspores or megaspores, recombination would be possible among gametangia produced by the same plant.
Ornamentation of Isoetes (isoetaceae, Lycophyta) microspores by Musselman, Lytton John / The Botanical Review
They are located in the different cell layers of the microsporangium and have various functions that contribute to the formation of the functional male gametophyte.
Anther Plastids in Angiosperms by CLEMENT, CHRISTOPHE; PACINI, ETTORE / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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