protosporangium endothecium
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030085
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: endotecio del protoesporangio (Spanish)
- exact: endothecium of protosporangium
- exact: 原生胞子嚢内皮 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of ground tissue that is the tissue internal to an amphithecium early in sporangium development. [source: ISBN:0962073342, ISBN:9780070588493, POC:curators]
- Comment
- Term used for bryophytes. In liverworts an early sporangium endothecium produces sporogenous tissue. In Sphagnum, Andreaea, and hornworts, it produces columella and sporogenous tissue.
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