sporangium base
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030040
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- narrow: apophysis
- narrow: hypophysis
- exact: base del esporangio (Spanish)
- exact: 胞子嚢基部 (Japanese)
- exact: sporangium neck
- Definition
- A cardinal organ part that is the basal (distal) part of a sporangium. [source: ISBN:9780473067304]
- Comment
- Term used for bryophytes and pteridophytes. The sporangium base is the sterile part of the sporangium below the sporangium theca. If swollen and distinct from the rest of the sporangium, it is called an apophysis or hypophysis.
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