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elater

  1. a cell in which the wall is reinforced by spiral bands of thickening whose function is to assist in the discharge of spores in liverworts in response to high humidity.
  2. an appendage of horsetail spores, whose function is similar to (1).
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Key words: Allactaga elater, Allactaga toussi, cox1, cytb, molecular phylogeny
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Each Equisetum spore has four strap-like structures called elaters attached to the spore surface at a common point (Hauke, 1963).
Biology and functional ecology of Equisetum with emphasis on the giant horsetails
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