antheridium
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025125
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: anteridio (Spanish)
- exact: antheridia
- exact: 造精器 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A multicellular plant gametangium (PO:0025124) that produces antheridium sperm cells (PO:0025120) and has as parts an antheridium jacket layer (PO:0030053) and an antheridium stalk (PO:0030035). [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- The antheridium (PO:0025125) occurs in bryophytes and pteridophytes, but never in gymnosperms or angiosperms, where male gametes are produced in the pollen (PO:0025281), a specialized (reduced) gametangium.
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