Glossary Search Result
14 terms were found:
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Branch, carpogonial | in red algae (Florideophycidae, Rhodophyta), a specially differentiated microscopic somatic filament whose terminal cell is the carpogonium |
| Carpogon auxiliary cell | a nutritive auxiliary cell of an advanced red alga (i.e. Rhodophyta, Florideophycidae) that belongs to the carpogonial branch (cf. typical auxiliary cell) |
| Carpogone | a synonym for carpogonium |
| Carpogonial | of the carpogonium |
| Carpogonial branch (filament) | in red alga (Florideophycidae), a specially differentiated microscopic somatic filament whose terminal cell is the carpogonium (cf. carpogenic branch (filament)) |
| Carpogonialis (carpogoniale) | a latinized word meaning, carpogonial |
| Carpogonidangium | in the Florideophycidae (Rhodophyta)an old term that is synonym with caposporangial mother cell |
| Carpogonidium (carpogonidia) | in the Florideophycidae (Rhodophyta) an old term that is synonymous with carposporangium |
| Carpogonifer | a synonym for carpogoniferus |
| Carpogoniferus (-a, -um) | a latinized word meaning, carpogonium-bearing |
| Carpogonium (carpogonia) | in Rhodophyta and certain fungi a female sexual cell with a usually long, apical process, the trichogyne, that receives the male cell; = the female gametangium (based upon the Greek, karpos (fruit) and gonos (birth, offspring) or carpo (fruit), gon (reproduction) & -ium) |
| Monocarpogonial | the term refers to the occurrence of a single carpogonium per support or auxiliary cell in some in some members of the Rhodophyta (i.e Kallymeniaceae)- cf. polycarpogonial & unicarpogonial |
| Polycarpogonial | in the Rhodophyta, having more than one carpogonium on a supporting cell or associated with an auxiliary cell (cf. monocarpogonial, unicarpogonial) |
| Unicarpogonial | in the Florideophycidae (Rhodophyta), having one carpogonium per support cell or auxiliary cell (cf. monocarpogonial & polycarpogonial) |
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