SPORANGIOPHORE Definition & Meaning

sporangiophore

[ spuh-ran-jee-uh-fawr, -fohr ]

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noun

Botany, Mycology.

a structure bearing sporangia.

sporangiophore

/ ��ə-��ă��′��ŧ-ə-��ô��′ /

A stalk or branch that bears sporangia.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of sporangiophore¹

First recorded in 1870–75; sporangi(um) + -o- + -phore

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At the time of sporangial formation the protoplasm with numerous nuclei streams into the swollen end of the sporangiophore and there becomes cut off by a cell-wall to form the sporangium.

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