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Plant spores

LC control no.sh 85126869
Topical headingPlant spores
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Variant(s)Plants--Spores
Spores (Botany)
See alsosubdivision Spores under individual plants and groups of plants, e.g. Ferns--Spores
Plant cells and tissues
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Spores
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Palynology
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Plants--Reproduction
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Found inOxford dict. of biology, 2004 (spore: Spores are produced by plants, fungi, bacteria, and some protoctists. In plants showing alternation of generation, spores are formed by the sporophyte generation and give rise to the gametophyte generation.)
Facts on file dict,. of botany, 2002 (spore: a unicellular or multicellular plant reproductive body. Generally, the term is applied to reproductive units produced asexually, such as the spores of bryophytes and ferns.)
Penguin dict. of biology, 2000 (spore: Spores occur in all plant groups, algae, fungi, bacteria, Cyanobacteria, protozoans, and other protists.)