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  2. Plant reproductive morphology - Wikipedia

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    The sporophyte of a flowering plant is often described using sexual terms (e.g. "female" or "male") based on the sexuality of the gametophyte it gives rise to. For example, a sporophyte that produces spores that give rise only to male gametophytes may be described as "male", even though the sporophyte itself is asexual, producing only spores.

  3. Gametophyte - Wikipedia

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    The female gametophyte in gymnosperms differs from the male gametophyte as it spends its whole life cycle in one organ, the ovule located inside the megastrobilus or female cone. [14] Similar to the male gametophyte, the female gametophyte normally is fully dependent on the surrounding sporophytic tissue for nutrients and the two organisms ...

  4. Plant reproduction - Wikipedia

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    The transfer of pollen (the male gametophytes) to the female stigmas occurs is called pollination. After pollination occurs, the pollen grain germinates to form a pollen tube that grows through the carpel's style and transports male nuclei to the ovule to fertilize the egg cell and central cell within the female gametophyte in a process termed ...

  5. Polytrichum juniperinum - Wikipedia

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    The male reproductive structures of Polytrichum juniperinum. The sporophyte of Polytrichum juniperinum. It is a dioecious plant, meaning that the male and female gametophytes are on separate plants. Juniper haircap moss have very obvious male and female parts.

  6. Pollen tube - Wikipedia

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    In other phyla of gymnosperms, the Coniferophyta and Gnetophyta, the sperm is non motile, and the pollen tube delivers the sperm to the egg directly, in a process called siphonogamy. Conifers can be branched or unbranched and they cause degeneration of the female tissue as it grows through more tissue.

  7. Flower - Wikipedia

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    The male gametophytes, which produce sperm, are enclosed within pollen grains produced in the anthers. The female gametophytes are contained within the ovules produced in the ovary . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In some plants, multiple flowers occur singly on a pedicel (flower stalk), and some are arranged in a group ( inflorescence ) on a peduncle ...

  8. Gnetophyta - Wikipedia

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    Gnetophyta (/ n ɛ ˈ t ɒ f ɪ t ə, ˈ n ɛ t oʊ f aɪ t ə /) is a division of plants (alternatively considered the subclass Gnetidae or order Gnetales), grouped within the gymnosperms (which also includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgos), that consists of some 70 species across the three relict genera: Gnetum (family Gnetaceae), Welwitschia (family Welwitschiaceae), and Ephedra (family ...

  9. Antheridium - Wikipedia

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    The female counterpart to the antheridium in cryptogams is the archegonium, and in flowering plants is the gynoecium. An antheridium typically consists of sterile cells and spermatogenous tissue. The sterile cells may form a central support structure or surround the spermatogenous tissue as a protective jacket.