sporogonium

American  

[spawr-uh-goh-nee-uhm, spohr-] / ˌspɔr əˈgoʊ ni əm, ˌspoʊr- /

noun

Botany.

sporogonia plural

1. the sporangium of mosses and liverworts.

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sporogonium British  

/ ˌspɔːrəʊˈɡəʊnɪəm, ˌspɒ- /

noun

1. the sporophyte of mosses and liverworts, consisting of a spore-bearing capsule on a short stalk that arises from the parent plant (the gametophyte)

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sporogonial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• sporogonia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sporogonium

First recorded in 1870–75; sporo- + -gonium

Example Sentences

The upper portion of the archegonial wall is carried up as a calyptra on the sporogonium, which, as in Sphagnum, has no seta and is raised on a pseudopodium.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Notothylas resembles Anthoceros in its thallus, but the sporogonium is much smaller.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The Anthocerotales are a small and very distinct group, in which the gametophyte is a thallus, while the sporogonium possesses a sterile columella and is capable of long-continued growth and spore production.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The gametophyte is developed from the spore and bears the sexual organs; the sporogonium is developed from the fertilized egg and produces spores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

F, epidermal cells and breathing pore from the surface of the sporogonium, × 150.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton