Psilotum – Sporangium

Psilotum Sporangia

The sporangia are borne on the ends of short lateral branches. Young sporangia of this plant are photosynthetic.

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When the sporangia are ready to shed spores they becomes yellow.

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The following two cross-sections through a “sporangium” demonstrate that there are actually three sporangia fused together (called a synangium).

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The spores porduced by this plant are all the same, thus the plant is said to be homosporous. Each spore (N) will germinate to give rise to a haploid gametophyte which produces both archegonia and antheridia.

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Here you can see that the sporangia have opened and all of the spores have been released.

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STEMS
SPORANGIUM
STELE TYPES

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