homosporous

American  

[huh-mos-per-uhs, hoh-, hoh-muh-spawr-uhs, -spohr-] / həˈmɒs pər əs, hoʊ-, ˌhoʊ məˈspɔr əs, -ˈspoʊr- /

adjective

Botany.

1. having the spores of one kind only.

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homosporous British  

/ həʊˈmɒspərɪ, hɒˈmɒspərəs, ˌhəʊməʊˈspɔːrəs /

adjective

1. (of most ferns and some other spore-bearing plants) producing spores of one kind only, which develop into hermaphrodite gametophytes Compare heterosporous

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homosporous Scientific  

/ hō′mə-spôr′əs,hŏm′ə-,hō-mŏs′pər-əs /

1. Producing spores of one kind only that are not differentiated by sex. The spores of homosporous plants, such as horsetails and most ferns, grow into bisexual gametophytes (producing both male and female gametes).

2. Compare heterosporous

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Other Word Forms

• homospory noun

Etymology

Origin of homosporous

First recorded in 1885–90; homo- + spore + -ous

Example Sentences

However, the researchers found that these homosporous lycophytes often retained both sets of genes with relatively few alterations, even after hundreds of millions of years of evolution.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Modern-day horsetails are homosporous and produce bisexual gametophytes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Most ferns produce the same type of spores and are therefore homosporous.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Seedless non-vascular plants produce only one kind of spore and are called homosporous.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Curiously enough, no certain instance of a homosporous Palaeozoic Lycopod has yet been discovered, though well-preserved fructifications are numerous.

From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)