multicellular plant gametangium
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025124
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: gametangio (Spanish)
- exact: 多細胞植物配偶子嚢 (Japanese)
- broad: gametangium
- Definition
- A plant organ (PO:0009008) that produces one or more gametes (PO:0025006) and participates in the gametophyte development stage (PO:0028003). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- The multicellular plant gametangium; an archegonium (PO:0025126) and/or an antheridium (PO:0025125), occurs in bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms, but never in angiosperms.
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