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Ionidium vs Gonidium - What's the difference?

ionidium | gonidium |

As nouns the difference between ionidium and gonidium

is that ionidium is any of the genus genus: Ionidium of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America while gonidium is a photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.

ionidium

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the genus (taxlink) of violaceous plants, chiefly found in tropical America.
    • (Webster 1913)

    gonidium

    English

    Noun

    (gonidia)
  • (lichenology, phycology) A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.
  • (zoology) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.