Ch 20 & 21 Flashcards
Sorus
in ferns, a cluster of sporangia on the underside of leaves
Bisexual gametophyte
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Fiddlehead
type of fern; developing unopened leaves; young edible and cooked as a vegetable; mature no longer edible
Protostele
a vascular cylinder that has no pith; common in roots and early vascular plants
Microphyll
the type of leaf that evolved from an enation (a small, projecting flap of tissue, thought to have been ancestor of leaves in lycophytes); present in lycophytes
Megaphyll (Euphyll)
a leaf that has evolved from a branch system; in ferns and all seed plants
Sporophylls
a leaf that bears sporangia
Strobili
synonym for cone
Homospory
a condition in which the life cycle of a plant contains only one type of spore
Heterospory
a condition in which the life cycle of a plant contains two types of spores