Eusporangium (Noun)
Meaning
A sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The botanical concept of eusporangium refers to a specific type of sporangium that arises from a group of epidermal cells in certain plants.
- In contrast to leptosporangia, eusporangia develop from an initial group of surface cells.
- During the development of eusporangium in horsetails, numerous epidermal cells undergo division to form the sporangial wall.
- In eusporangium-bearing plants, the cell divisions that produce the sporangial initial cells usually occur at the surface of the organ.
- The wall of the mature eusporangium is generally composed of a single layer of cells that originates from the clustered epidermal cells.