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Sporophyte   Listen
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Sporophyte  n.  (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.





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... endodermis. The conducting strands in the leaves show the same tissues as in the central strand of the stem, and in the Polytrichaceae and some other mosses are in continuity with it. The independent origin of this conducting system is of great interest for comparison with the vascular system of the sporophyte of the ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various


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