sporophyll

Examples of sporophyll in the following topics:

• Characteristics of Gymnosperms

  • Their sporangia (receptacle in which asexual spores are formed) are found on sporophylls, plated scale-like structures that together make up cones.
  • After this process is completed, the individual sporophylls separate (the cone breaks apart) and float in the wind to a habitable place.

• Life Cycle of a Conifer

  • Pine trees are conifers (cone bearing) and carry both male and female sporophylls on the same mature sporophyte.

• Angiosperm Flowers

  • Flowers are modified leaves, or sporophylls, organized around a central stalk.

• Ferns and Other Seedless Vascular Plants

  • In club mosses, the sporophyte gives rise to sporophylls arranged in strobili, cone-like structures that give the class its name .