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GEMMAE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-06-20

English

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

A unicellular or multicellular filamentous, globose, ellipsoidal, cylindrical, stellate, or discoid brood body.

CONT

Brood bodies are of two major types, gemmae, which are small, unicellular or more commonly, multicellular structures comprised of undifferentiated cells, and propagula, which are small, easily detached plantlets or buds.

OBS

gemmae : plural.

Key term(s)
  • gemmae

French

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

Corpuscule uni- ou pluricellulaire, de formes diverses, qui se reproduit de façon asexuée pour former une nouvelle plante (reproduction végétative).

Spanish

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