Sporophytes is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sporophytes meaning
plural of sporophyte
Using Sporophytes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sporophyte
- In the example corpus, sporophytes often appears in combinations such as: sporophytes have.
Context around Sporophytes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sporophytes
- In this selection, "sporophytes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, algae, diploid, moss and show stand out and add context to how "sporophytes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and fertile sporophytes show a and brown algae sporophytes and gametophytes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sporophytes" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sporophytes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Spores germinate to give rise to haploid gametophytes, while seeds germinate to give rise to diploid sporophytes. (17 words)
The bryophytes lack phloem, but moss sporophytes have a simpler tissue with analogous function known as the leptome. (18 words)
The gametophytes (see below) often show a blue iridescence at the tip of the fronds citation and fertile sporophytes show a spotty pattern. (23 words)
The last stage of the moss lifecycle is shown, where the sporophytes are visible before dispersion of their spores: the calyptra (1) is still attached to the capsule (2). (29 words)
The bryophytes lack true xylem cells, but their sporophytes have a water-conducting tissue known as the hydrome that is composed of elongated cells of simpler construction. (27 words)
Algae In some multicellular green algae ( Ulva lactuca is one example), red algae and brown algae sporophytes and gametophytes may be externally indistinguishable (isomorphic). (24 words)
Example sentences (6)
Algae In some multicellular green algae ( Ulva lactuca is one example), red algae and brown algae sporophytes and gametophytes may be externally indistinguishable (isomorphic).
Spores germinate to give rise to haploid gametophytes, while seeds germinate to give rise to diploid sporophytes.
The bryophytes lack phloem, but moss sporophytes have a simpler tissue with analogous function known as the leptome.
The bryophytes lack true xylem cells, but their sporophytes have a water-conducting tissue known as the hydrome that is composed of elongated cells of simpler construction.
The gametophytes (see below) often show a blue iridescence at the tip of the fronds citation and fertile sporophytes show a spotty pattern.
The last stage of the moss lifecycle is shown, where the sporophytes are visible before dispersion of their spores: the calyptra (1) is still attached to the capsule (2).
Common combinations with sporophytes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: