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EPIGONIA [1 record]

Record 1 2012-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

Concomitant with growth of the embryonic sporophyte, cell divisions in the surrounding archegonial center, basal archegonial stalk, and subtending gametophyte shoot produce an enclosing epigonium.

OBS

epigonia: plural.

Key term(s)
  • epigonia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Enveloppe protectrice de l’embryon ou du jeune sporophyte, dérivée du ventre de l’archégone avant que[, chez la plupart des mousses,] il ne se différencie en deux parties : la vaginule, qui entoure le pied du sporophyte et la base du pédicelle, et la coiffe, qui est entraînée par l’élongation du pédicelle et persistera au sommet de la capsule.

Spanish

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