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Prothallium vs Protonema - What's the difference?

prothallium | protonema |

As nouns the difference between prothallium and protonema

is that prothallium is a plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle while protonema is a filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts.

prothallium

English

Noun

(prothallia) (wikipedia prothallium)
  • A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle.
  • The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss.

    • Synonyms

    * prothallus

    protonema

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia protonema) (protonemata)
  • (botany) A filament of cells that forms following the germination of the spores of mosses and liverworts
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