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nounthe gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generationstype of:
Definition that contains gametophyte
- order marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
- bryum type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules
- genus bryum type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules
- microgametophyte the male gametophyte produced by a microspore
- microspore smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte
- sphaerocarpaceae liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
- class bryopsida true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
- apogamy (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
- musci true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
- marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally