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Microphyll vs Sporophyll - What's the difference?

microphyll | sporophyll |

In botany terms the difference between microphyll and sporophyll

is that microphyll is a very small leaf while sporophyll is the equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia.

microphyll

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
  • (botany) A very small leaf

    • Antonyms

    *megaphyll

    See also

    *Lycopodiophyta

    sporophyll

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The equivalent to a leaf, in ferns and mosses, that bears the sporangia