A spore occurring in groups of four, in particular (in a red alga) each of four spores produced together, two of which produce male plants and two female.
〔植〕四分孢子
Example sentencesExamples
From subsequent examination of the shells, he concluded that tetraspore-bearing plants of Polysiphonia violacea had developed from carpospores and sexual plants from tetraspores of Griffithsia bornetiana and Dasya elegans.
These different responses between tetraspores and carpospores, suggest a different ecophysiological response with regard to survival and interspecific competition in nature of the gametophyte vs sporophyte.
The haploid tetraspores erminate and give rise to haploid gametophytic plants.
The haploid tetraspore is released from this filament and is carried by water currents and tides to new locations.
The tetraspores and the gametophytes are the only haploid stages in the coralline algae.
Definition of tetraspore in US English:
tetraspore
nounˈtetrəˌspôr
Botany
A spore occurring in groups of four, in particular (in a red alga) each of four spores produced together, two of which produce male plants and two female.
〔植〕四分孢子
Example sentencesExamples
These different responses between tetraspores and carpospores, suggest a different ecophysiological response with regard to survival and interspecific competition in nature of the gametophyte vs sporophyte.
From subsequent examination of the shells, he concluded that tetraspore-bearing plants of Polysiphonia violacea had developed from carpospores and sexual plants from tetraspores of Griffithsia bornetiana and Dasya elegans.
The tetraspores and the gametophytes are the only haploid stages in the coralline algae.
The haploid tetraspore is released from this filament and is carried by water currents and tides to new locations.
The haploid tetraspores erminate and give rise to haploid gametophytic plants.