Sporange vs Sporangium - What's the difference?
sporange | sporangium |
(dated) A sporangium.
* 1880 , John Nietner, The Coffee Tree and its Enemies , page 28
* 1901 , Deane Bret Swingle, "Formation of spores in the sporanges of Rhizopus Nigricans ", page 25
(botany, mycology) A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.
* 1993 , Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Creepy Crawlies and the Scientific Method: Over 100 Hands-on Science Experiments for Children ,
* 2000 , Peter R. Bell, Alan R. Hemsley, Green Plants: Their Origin and Diversity ,
* 2009 , Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants ,
Sporange is a synonym of sporangium.
As nouns the difference between sporange and sporangium
is that sporange is (dated) a sporangium while sporangium is (botany|mycology) a case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.sporange
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(en noun)- The most immature of the sporanges have few or no papillae on them.
- If this were the cause we should expect to find the layer of denser plasm at the base of the sporange' as well as on the sides and top, as we have no evidence that evaporation does not go on from the part of the ' sporange just around the sporangiophore as well as from the rest of its surface.
sporangium
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(wikipedia sporangium)Noun
(sporangia)page 81,
- Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of moisture or absence of food can cause sporangia' to form from the plasmodium. At least one of these three conditions has been present every time I've seen ' sporangia form.
page 161,
- Asexual reproduction by the production of a bud in place of a sporangium is not uncommon.
page 416,
- The sporangia , however, are much larger: 3–4 mm long 0.7–1.1 mm in diameter versus only 1–1.5 mm long 0.5–0.8 mm in Corynepteris , and are characteristically banana shaped with a pair of elongate annuli.
