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Sporophyte vs Polysporangiophyte - What's the difference?

sporophyte | polysporangiophyte |

As nouns the difference between sporophyte and polysporangiophyte

is that sporophyte is (botany) a plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes while polysporangiophyte is any plant in which the sporophyte has a structure of branching stems (axes) terminating in sporangia.

sporophyte

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
  • *
  • (b'') sporophyte''' with foot reduced, the entire ' sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.

    See also

    * gametophyte

    polysporangiophyte

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any plant in which the sporophyte has a structure of branching stems (axes) terminating in sporangia.
  • Synonyms

    * polysporangiate