eusporangiate

British

/ ˌjuːspɔːˈrændʒɪɪt /

adjective

(of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores Compare leptosporangiate

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Etymology

Origin of eusporangiate

from New Latin eusporangiātus (unattested), from _eu- + _sporangium

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The bulk of living ferns are leptosporangiate, the eusporangiate class comprising only two living families, viz. the Marattiace� and Ophioglossace�, as well as many extinct types.

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The eusporangiate types include the more primitive ferns; all the other main groups of Pteridophytes, and the seed-plants are also eusporangiate.

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